Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Turin, Italy

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 7.3 km
Ascend 79 m
Descend 103 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: Opera per Torino

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Opera per Torino is a work by the Danish artist Per Kirkeby created between 2004 and 2005 as part of the Artecittà project: 11 artists for the Passante Ferroviario and located in Turin, in Largo Orbassano. It is a double-height porch made mainly of bricks.

Wikipedia: Opera per Torino (IT)

1109 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 2: Beata Vergine delle Grazie

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The Church of the Blessed Virgin of Graces, commonly known as the Church of the Crocetta, is a Catholic building located in the homonymous district of Turin. The popular name derives from the red and blue cross that adorned the habit of the Trinitarian fathers, for a long time the owners of the building and of the cult.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Beata Vergine delle Grazie (Torino) (IT), Website

844 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 3: Galleria civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea

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The Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art is an art gallery in Turin, Italy, founded in 1891-1895 and located in 31 via Magenta. With the MAO, Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja, the Borgo and the Rocca medioevali, it forms part of the Fondazione Torino Musei. The lower rooms house important reviews and a large collection of video art.

Wikipedia: Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (EN), Website

366 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Vittorio Emanuele II

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Vittorio Emanuele II

The monument to Vittorio Emanuele II is located in Turin, in the Largo of the same name, at the junction between Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and Corso Galileo Ferraris.

Wikipedia: Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II (Turin) (EN), Website

286 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Santi Angeli Custodi

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The Church of the Holy Guardian Angels is a Catholic church located in the historic center of the City of Turin.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Santi Angeli Custodi (Torino) (IT)

1039 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 6: Chiesa della Visitazione

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The Church of the Visitation is a baroque church in the historic center of Turin.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Visitazione (Torino) (IT)

227 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Chiesa di San Carlo Borromeo

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Chiesa di San Carlo Borromeo

San Carlo Borromeo or San Carlo is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located in Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy. It mirrors the adjacent church of Santa Cristina and faces the Piazza San Carlo. The arrangement recalls the twin churches of Santa Maria dei Miracoli (1681) and Santa Maria in Montesanto (1679) facing the Piazza del Popolo in Rome.

Wikipedia: San Carlo Borromeo, Turin (EN)

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di Santa Cristina

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Chiesa di Santa CristinaRicciSpeziari Photographer: Riccardo Speziari / CC BY-SA 3.0

Santa Cristina is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located in Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy. It mirrors the adjacent church of San Carlo and faces the Piazza San Carlo. The arrangement recalls the twin churches of Santa Maria dei Miracoli (1681) and Santa Maria in Montesanto (1679) facing the Piazza del Popolo in Rome.

Wikipedia: Santa Cristina, Turin (EN)

356 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Chiesa della Madonna degli Angeli

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The Church of Our Lady of the Angels is a church in Turin, Italy, located on the corner of Via Cavour and Via Carlo Alberto.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Madonna degli Angeli (Torino) (IT)

280 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi

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The Conservatorio Statale di Musica Giuseppe Verdi, also known as the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi or Conservatorio Torino and more commonly known in English as the Turin Conservatory, is a music conservatory in Turin, Italy. It should not be confused with the Milan Conservatory or Como Conservatory; schools which have also been known as the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi.

Wikipedia: Turin Conservatory (EN)

325 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Chiesa di San Massimo

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The church of San Massimo is a Catholic building of worship located in the central area of Turin, in Via San Massimo at the corner of Via Mazzini, not far from Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. It was built between 1845 and 1853 and designed by architects Carlo Sada and Giuseppe Leoni, and is dedicated to St. Maximus, the first bishop of Turin. Together with the church of San Francesco di Sales, it is an example of nineteenth-century neoclassical architecture in the Borgo Nuovo.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Massimo (Torino) (IT)

348 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: Chiesa di San Francesco di Sales

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The church of San Francesco di Sales, known as "delle Sacramentine", is a neoclassical church in Turin, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Francesco di Sales (Torino) (IT)

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo

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Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo

The Church of San Michele Arcangelo is a religious building in Turin, located in Borgo Nuovo, on the corner of Piazza Cavour and Via Giolitti.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Michele (Torino) (IT)

87 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Camera - Centro Italiano per la fotografia

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CAMERA – Italian Center for Photography is an exhibition space dedicated to photography based in Turin. Inaugurated in 2015, the center hosts exhibitions and educational and research activities for the enhancement of national and international photographic heritage.

Wikipedia: Camera - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia (IT), Website

343 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa di Santa Croce

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The Church of Santa Croce is an Orthodox place of worship in Turin, Italy, located in Piazza Carlo Emanuele II.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Croce (Torino) (IT)

165 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Chiesa di Santa Pelagia

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The Church of Santa Pelagia is a Roman Catholic church in Turin, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Pelagia (Torino) (IT)

366 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: Santissima Annunziata

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The church of the Santissima Annunziata in Turin is located in Via Po.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata (Torino) (IT), Website

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Museo Accorsi Ometto

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Museo Accorsi OmettoJean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

The Accorsi–Ometto Museum is a private museum based in Turin, northern Italy. It is chronologically the first decorative arts museum in Italy. The museum was originated from a legacy left by Pietro Accorsi and was opened by Giulio Ometto, president for life of the "Fondation Pietro Accorsi" and Director ad interim of the museum.

Wikipedia: Accorsi-Ometto Museum (EN), Website

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Piazza Vittorio Veneto

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Piazza Vittorio Veneto, also known as Piazza Vittorio, is a city square in Turin, Italy, which takes its name from the Battle of Vittorio Veneto in 1918.

Wikipedia: Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Turin (EN)

450 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 20: Chiesa della Gran Madre di Dio

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Chiesa della Gran Madre di Dio

The church of the Gran Madre di Dio (Great Mother of God) is a Neoclassic-style church dedicated to Mary, Mother of God, on the western bank of the Po River, facing the Ponte Vittorio Emanuele I leading into Piazza Vittorio Veneto, Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy.

Wikipedia: Gran Madre di Dio, Turin (EN)

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