In piedmontese dialect "torèt" means "small bull" (the bull is the Turin's symbol). The torèt are little public fountains, typical of Turin, with a bull head from which drinking water comes out. The torèt date back to the beginning of the 20th century and are about 700 in the city.
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Strange for me to see water running like that.
Un saluto e buona giornata!
Warter runs always?
Do people come here to put water in their pots sometimes?
The bulls head seems finely worked.
Nice to see the water is drinkable.
buona serata Pietro
Elles sont très originales, plus que nos fontaines publiques, ici, à Paris. Je suis souvent allée en Italie, mais jamais à Turin. Aujourd'hui j'en apprends un de ses petits secrets....
Regards.
Have a nice day!
paz
I torèt sono fantastici, ai giardini dietro casa stamattina era uno spettacolo di stalattiti e stalagmiti:-) Un cordiale saluto.
So beautifully sympathetic tiny fountains (when I compared to ours:)
I really love Torino's architecture as its different from other Italian towns, isn't it. Yes, making a fountain is easy but most important is to save them. You Torinese achieve this:)
Nice weekend greetings from cold rainy+snowy Ist'l~
These fountains are really lovely. Your photos are beautiful.
those torets looks nice. we dont have that here.
is the water running all the time?
Now, time to relax with a visit to a museum? Blogtrotter is at the British! Enjoy and have a great holiday season!
Hope you have a great week and a wonderful holiday!
Sylvia