Monument to Cristoforo Colombo

Santa Margherita Ligure (Genova, Italy)
Marble monument to Cristoforo Colombo
(Odoardo Tabacchi, 1892)

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.

Piazza Palazzo di Città

The City Hall of Turin was designed in 1663 by the architect Francesco Lanfranchi, and was the transformation of an existing medieval palace



The neogothic monument in front of the City Hall, erected in 1853 and representing Conte Amedeo VI di Savoia taking Gallipoli in 1366, is the work of Pelagio Palagi





Windows, balconies, arcades of the Piazza Palazzo di Città (City Hall Square)

Monument to Fausto Coppi

More information about Fausto Coppi, Wikipedia here

Monument to Carlo Alberto

Turin - In the Piazza Carlo Alberto there is the equestrian statue of Carlo Alberto by Carlo Marocchetti, 1861.

Monument to Emanuele Filiberto

Turin, Piazza San Carlo - The equestrian monument to Duke Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy (1528-1580), created by Carlo Marocchetti in 1838.

Porta Palatina

The Porta Palatina is a roman gate on Turin's north side; it dates back to the I century A.D.

Monument to Victor Emmanuel II

The imposing monument (sculptor Pietro Costa, 1899, 39 meters high) is situated in the center of Turin, in the intersection of the two main streets corso Vittorio Emanuele II and corso Galileo Ferraris.
Victor Emmanuel II (14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy, and Sardinia from 1849 to 1861. On 18 February 1861, he assumed the title of King of Italy to become the first king of the United Italy, a title he held until his death in 1878. He was given the epithet of Father of the Fatherland.