Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Turin, Italy

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 4.7 km
Ascend 79 m
Descend 70 m

Explore Turin in Italy with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in TurinIndividual Sights in Turin

Sight 1: Chiesa di Santa Giulia

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The Church of Saint Julia is a Roman Catholic place of worship located in the city of Turin, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Giulia, Turin (EN), Website

299 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Casa Scaccabarozzi

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Casa Scaccabarozzi

Casa Scaccabarozzi, commonly known as Fetta di Polenta, is a historic building located in the Vanchiglia neighborhood of the northern Italian city of Turin. It is famous for its unusual and very thin trapezoidal plan and for being only 54 centimetres (1.77 ft) at its narrowest. Its primary nickname due to its resemblance to the shape to a slice of polenta.

Wikipedia: Fetta di Polenta (EN), Website

442 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Mole Antonelliana

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The Mole Antonelliana is a major landmark building in Turin, Italy, named after its architect, Alessandro Antonelli. A mole in Italian is a building of monumental proportions.

Wikipedia: Mole Antonelliana (EN)

119 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: National Cinema Museum

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The National Museum of Cinema located in Turin, Italy, is a motion picture museum fitted out inside the Mole Antonelliana tower. It is operated by the Maria Adriana Prolo Foundation, and the core of its collection is the result of the work of the historian and collector Maria Adriana Prolo. It was housed in the Palazzo Chiablese.

Wikipedia: National Museum of Cinema (EN), Website

189 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Auditorium RAI

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The Rai Auditorium in Turin "Arturo Toscanini" is a structure of Rai, in the Piedmontese capital. Built at the end of the nineteenth century to host equestrian performances, it has been radically renovated several times during the twentieth century.

Wikipedia: Auditorium Rai di Torino (IT)

98 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Teatro Gobetti

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The Gobetti Theatre is a theatre located in Turin, Italy. It is the main venue of the Teatro Stabile di Torino.

Wikipedia: Teatro Gobetti (IT)

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Cavallerizza Reale

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The Cavallerizza Reale is a historic building in Turin, part of the circuit of Savoy residences in Piedmont, proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Wikipedia: Cavallerizza Reale (IT)

201 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di San Francesco da Paola

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San Francesco da Paola is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on Via di Po in Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Francesco da Paola, Turin (EN)

470 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: MIAAO Museo Internazionale di Arte Applicata Oggi

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The MIAAO - International Museum of Applied Arts Today is an institution belonging to the museum circuit of Turin. It is the only Italian museum dedicated to contemporary applied arts and the enhancement of manual work.

Wikipedia: MIAAO (IT), Website

101 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: San Filippo Neri

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San Filippo Neri Franco56 / CC BY-SA 3.0

San Filippo Neri is a late-Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located in Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy. The church is located on Via Maria Vittoria 5; the left flank of the nave faces the Turin Academy of Sciences. The church is still used for services. 69 metres (226 ft) long and 37 metres (121 ft) wide, it is the largest church in the city of Turin.

Wikipedia: San Filippo Neri, Turin (EN)

164 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Museo nazionale del Risorgimento italiano

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The National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento is the first, the biggest and the most important among the 23 museums in Italy dedicated to the Risorgimento; and the only one which can be considered "national" according to a 1901 law, and due to its rich and great collections. It is housed in the Palazzo Carignano in Turin.

Wikipedia: Museum of the Risorgimento (Turin) (EN), Website

259 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Piazza Castello

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Piazza Castello chensiyuan / CC BY-SA 4.0

Piazza Castello is a prominent city square in Turin, Italy. It houses several city landmarks, museums, theaters and cafes.

Wikipedia: Piazza Castello, Turin (EN)

504 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 13: Cathedral of St John the Baptist

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Turin Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Turin, northern Italy. Dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. It is the seat of the Archbishops of Turin.

Wikipedia: Turin Cathedral (EN), Website

67 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Cappella della Sindone

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The Chapel of the Shroud, or Guarini Chapel, is an architectural work by the architect Guarino Guarini, built in Turin at the end of the seventeenth century to house the Shroud. Located between the Duomo and the Royal Palace of Turin, the chapel was begun in 1610 at the behest of Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy. The project was initially entrusted to Ascanio Vitozzi and Carlo di Castellamonte, but in 1668 Guarini took over, who designed the largest part of the building. His design, especially the dome, known for its complexity and optical effect, is considered a masterpiece of the Baroque. The project was finally completed by Antonio Bertola in 1694. After a fire that severely damaged the structure in 1997, the chapel underwent a long and complex restoration that ended in 2018, when it was reopened to the public.

Wikipedia: Cappella della Sacra Sindone (IT)

151 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Armeria Reale

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The Royal Armoury of Turin is one of the world's most important collections of arms and armour, formed in Turin by the Savoy family. The museum is now part of the Musei Reali di Torino, the royal site that has unified the Royal Palace, the Sabauda Gallery, the Archaeological Museum, the Royal Library and the Armoury. The whole site has been included on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1997.

Wikipedia: Royal Armoury of Turin (EN), Website

206 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Museo Civico d'Arte Antica

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Museo Civico d'Arte Antica Xadhoomx / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Museo Civico d'Arte Antica is an art museum located in the Palazzo Madama in Turin, Italy. It has a renowned collection of paintings from the medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. It reopened in 2006 after several years of restorations.

Wikipedia: Museo Civico d'Arte Antica (EN), Website

268 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 17: Chiesa di San Lorenzo

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Chiesa di San Lorenzo

San Lorenzo, also known as the Royal Church of Saint Lawrence, is a Baroque-style church in Turin, adjacent to the Royal Palace of Turin. The present church was designed and built by Guarino Guarini during 1668–1687.

Wikipedia: San Lorenzo, Turin (EN), Website

906 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 18: Carabiniere Reale

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Carabiniere Reale

The National Monument to the Carabiniere is a work erected in 1933 in the external part of the gardens of the Royal Palace of Turin, at the confluence of the I Maggio and Partigiani avenues. It was one of the many monuments erected after World War I to honor the sacrifice of the fallen.

Wikipedia: Monumento nazionale al carabiniere (IT)

85 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Giardini Reali

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Giardini Reali

The Royal Gardens of Turin are green areas located behind the Royal Palace, the Government Palace and the Royal Armoury, in the historic center of Turin, between Piazza Castello and Corso San Maurizio; The lower part of the gardens is public. The green areas are crossed by the I Maggio and Partigiani avenues, at the confluence of which the monument to the carabiniere was erected in 1933, later declared an Italian national monument.

Wikipedia: Giardini Reali di Torino (IT)

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