A beautiful crib

Turin - I remember with pleasure the beautiful crib created in 2002 by Emanuele Luzzati, installed for Christmas 2011 in Piazza Castello (town center)

Merry Christmas!

Buon Natale!

Railing of the Lourdes Grotto

Turin, Monte dei Cappuccini - The church of Santa Maria del Monte (1584).

The view over the city from the Monte dei Cappuccini (240m).

"Railing of the Lourdes Grotto given to the Fiat workers, pilgrims in 1958, centenary of the Blessed Virgin's apparitions" :

The witch

From the steam engine to the Frecciarossa

Turin - The old steam engine and the modern Frecciarossa displayed in corso Stati Uniti.

Five layers of mountains

Susa Valley, Piedmont - On the left Mount Rocciamelone (3538 m), on the right Mount Musiné (1150 m)


Happy Sky Watch!

Sunny motorcycles

Sky Watch 16/8/2013

An Everywhere of Silver
with Ropes and Sand
to keep it from effacing
the Track called Land.

Emily Dickinson


Happy Sky Watch!

Monument to Pietro Paleocapa

Turin - The monument to Pietro Paleocapa (statesman, minister, 1788 - 1869) created by the sculptor Odoardo Tabacchi, in the central Piazza Paleocapa.

Monte dei Cappuccini

A climb of 15 minutes from Turin leads up to the Monte dei Cappuccini (240m) and the church of Santa Maria del Monte. Built in 1584 to a design by the architect Ascanio Vitozzi, the church adjoins a still-working Capuchin convent.

The Sator Magic Square

The Sator Magic Square in Turin. The formula was widely diffused throughout the city in the Medieval period among the members of the Templar Order.
It's a word square containing a Latin palindrome featuring the words SATOR AREPO TENET OPERA ROTAS written so that they may be read top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top, left-to-right, and right-to-left.
One of its meanings may be: "The sower Arepo leads with his hand (work) the plough (wheels)."

More information: Wikipedia here

Informazioni sul Quadrato del Sator: Wikipedia qui

Sundial 16

Sundial at Grugliasco, a town near Turin.

The inscription says: "Libiamo, libiamo ne' lieti calici che la bellezza infiora", ("Let's drink, let's drink from the joyous chalices that beauty so truly enhances"), a famous duet with chorus from Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata, one of the best-known opera melodies and a popular performance choice for many great tenors.

Spring Stars

Church of Nostra Signora del Suffragio

Turin - The church of Nostra Signora del Suffragio was built in the Neo-Romanesque style by Edoardo Arborio Mella in 1866 under the direction of Francesco Faà di Bruno.

The bell tower with its blue cast iron belfry.




On the top of the bell tower, the archangel with the trumpet calls the believers.

Lafleur House

Lafleur House, built by Pietro Fenoglio in 1902 as his home, is the most famous liberty building in Turin.