Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Turin, Italy
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12.5 km
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Experience Turin in Italy in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in TurinIndividual Sights in TurinSight 1: Museo Lavazza
The Lavazza Museum is one of the newest museums in Turin. Located in the Aurora district, it is located in the Nuvola Lavazza complex, the new headquarters of the coffee company of the same name and covers about 1200 square meters.
Sight 2: Chiesa di San Gioacchino
The church of San Gioacchino is a Catholic church in Turin in front of the former Ciriè-Lanzo railway station, in Corso Giulio Cesare, in the Porta Palazzo sub-district on the border with Borgo Dora.
Sight 3: Museo di Antichità
The Museum of Antiquities of Turin is the heir of the Royal Museum of Antiquities, founded in 1724 and therefore one of the oldest archaeological museums in Europe.
Sight 4: 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.
Sight 5: Piazza Castello
Piazza Castello is a prominent city square in Turin, Italy. It houses several city landmarks, museums, theaters and cafes.
Sight 6: Chiesa di San Tommaso
The church of San Tommaso apostolo is a Catholic place of worship in Turin, located in the heart of its historic center, at the intersection of Via Pietro Micca, Via San Tommaso and Via Monte di Pietà.
Sight 7: Chiesa di San Giuseppe
The church of San Giuseppe is one of the churches of Turin, located in via Santa Teresa 22, between via dei Mercanti and via San Francesco di Assisi. It should not be confused with the church of the Patronage of St. Joseph in via Biglieri 7 in the Nizza Millefonti district.
Sight 8: Teatro Vittorio Alfieri
The Vittorio Alfieri Theatre is a theatre in Turin, Italy, Italy, along with the Regio and the Carignano. It is located in Piazza Solferino, and hosts regular prose seasons.
Sight 9: Chiesa di Santa Maria di Piazza
Sight 10: Chiesa dei Santi Martiri
The church of the Holy Martyrs is a church in Turin, Italy. It is located along Via Garibaldi, on the corner with Via Botero.
Sight 11: Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi
San Francesco d'Assisi is a Baroque style, Roman Catholic church located on via San Francesco d'Assisi in Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy. The church of San Rocco is on the same street.
Sight 12: Chiesa di San Rocco
The church of San Rocco is one of the churches of Turin, located in via San Francesco d'Assisi.
Sight 13: Basilica of the Body of Christ
The Basilica of Corpus Domini is a Roman Catholic church in Turin, Italy, built to celebrate the "Miracle of the Eucharist" which, according to various sources, occurred in 1453 during the war between the Duchy of Savoy and France.
Sight 14: Chiesa della Santissima Trinità
The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Baroque Catholic church in the historic center of Turin, in Via Garibaldi at the corner of Via XX Settembre.
Sight 15: 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.
Sight 16: Cathedral of St John the Baptist
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.
Sight 17: Teatro Romano
The Roman Theater of Turin is part of the Roman remains of the ancient Augusta Taurinorum, included in the area of the Archaeological Park of Via XX Settembre. Dating back to 13 BC, it was active until the third century and represents the only infrastructure of the Roman city (Quadrilateral) to have left conspicuous evidence of the three successive construction phases. Its rediscovery in the modern age took place in 1899, during the demolition of some wings of the Royal Palace.
Sight 18: Galleria Sabauda
The Savoy Gallery is an art collection in the Italian city of Turin, which contains the royal art collections amassed by the House of Savoy over the centuries. It is located on Via XX Settembre, 86.
Sight 19: Porta Palatina
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The Palatine Gate is a Roman Age city gate located in Turin, Italy. The gate provided access through the city walls of Julia Augusta Taurinorum from the North side and, as a result, it constituted the Porta Principalis Dextra of the old town.
Sight 20: Galleria Umberto I
The Galleria Umberto I is one of the current three historic shopping malls in Turin. It cuts through the Santa Croce block, in the Roman Quadrilateral of the Center. It connects Piazza della Repubblica and Via della Basilica. Formerly the ancient site of the first hospital in Turin, it was the largest shopping arcade in the city.
Sight 21: Basilica Mauriziana
The basilica of Saints Maurice and Lazzarus, is a church and minor basilica in Turin, Italy.
Sight 22: Chiesa di San Domenico
The Church and Convent of Saint Dominic is a Roman Catholic church located in the city of Turin, Italy. Throughout its history it has served as a church, as inquisition tribunal, and as a masonic lodge.
Sight 23: MAO Museo di Arte Orientale
The Museum of Oriental Art is a museum located in a 17th-century palazzo in the city of Turin, Italy.
Sight 24: Chiesa di Sant'Agostino
The Church of Saint Augustine is a Roman Catholic place of worship located in the city of Turin, Italy.
Sight 25: Palazzo Falletti di Barolo
Palazzo Barolo is a patrician residence in Turin. It is the headquarters of the Opera Barolo which, according to the will of the Marquise Giulia, has the task of continuing the activities of human promotion and social service that Giulia and her husband Tancredi had started.
Sight 26: Chiesa di San Dalmazzo
San Dalmazzo is a Roman Catholic church on via Garibaldi, in central Turin, region of Piedmont, Italy. It is dedicated to Saint Dalmatius of Pavia.
Sight 27: Chiesa della Misericordia
The Church of the Misericordia is one of the churches of Turin, located in via Barbaroux 41. It is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. It owes its name to the Archconfraternity of Mercy, which in the eighteenth century took possession of it and renovated it, so named because its members had the task of comforting those condemned to death, accompanying them to the scaffold, taking care of their subsequent funerals and having masses celebrated in suffrage of their souls.
Sight 28: Santuario della Consolata
The Santuario della Madonna Consolata is a Catholic minor basilica and Marian shrine in central Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Located on the intersection of Via Consolata and Via Carlo Ignazio Giulio, the shrine is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Consolation.
Sight 29: Museum of the Shroud
The Museum of the Shroud, founded in 1936 by the Confraternity of the Holy Shroud, is based in Turin. It exhibits finds, documents, images relating to the history of the Holy Linen, as well as good documentation relating to the scientific research carried out on it. An image of the shroud in the form of a hologram is also on display, which makes evident its particular three-dimensional structure, discovered by Jackson and Jumper in 1978 and independently confirmed, with different techniques, by Giovanni Tamburelli from Turin in the same year.
Sight 30: Chiesa del Santo Sudario
The Church of the Holy Shroud is a Catholic place of worship in Turin, located at the intersection of Via Piave and Via San Domenico, in the area of the Military Quarters of the eighteenth-century city. It was built between 1734 and 1764.
Sight 31: Chiesa della Madonna del Carmine
The church of the Madonna del Carmine is a Catholic place of worship located in the central area of Turin, in Via del Carmine at the corner of Via Bligny. Designed by Filippo Juvarra, it was built between 1732 and 1736.
Sight 32: Museo Diffuso della Resistenza, della Deportazione, della Guerra, dei Diritti e della Libertà
The Widespread Museum of the Resistance, Deportation, War, Rights and Freedom consists of an interpretation center, which is located at the Juvarra palace of the "Military Quarters", in Turin, and a network of places distributed throughout the urban territory.
Wikipedia: Museo diffuso della Resistenza, della deportazione, della guerra, dei diritti e della libertà (IT), Website
Sight 33: Chiesa di Santa Barbara Vergine e Martire
The Church of Santa Barbara Vergine e Martire is a Roman Catholic place of worship, located in the city center of Turin.
Sight 34: Mastio della Cittadella
The citadel of Turin was a Savoy pentagonal fortress located along the ancient Turin city walls, located south-west of the historic center.
Sight 35: Museo storico nazionale dell'artiglieria
The National Historical Museum of Artillery is a museum center of the history of military technologies, located in the city of Turin inside the Keep of the Citadel. The building is the only fortified part of the Citadel that has remained standing on the surface, demolished in the various extensions of the city.
Sight 36: Museo Pietro Micca
The Museo civico Pietro Micca e dell'assedio di Torino del 1706 is a museum in Turin, Italy.
Sight 37: Sant'Antonio di Padova
The Sanctuary of Saint Anthony of Padua, also known as the Church of Saint Anthony of Padua is a Roman Catholic place of worship located in the city of Turin, Italy.
Sight 38: Santi Angeli Custodi
The Church of the Holy Guardian Angels is a Catholic church located in the historic center of the City of Turin.
Sight 39: Vittorio Emanuele II
The Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II is a statuary monument atop a set of columns, honoring the first King of Italy, and 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
Sight 40: Museo del carcere Le Nuove
The Museum of the Prison "Le Nuove" is located at the former prison of Turin, called Le Nuove, built between 1854 and 1869, inaugurated in 1870 under the reign of Vittorio Emanuele II, it remained in operation until it was replaced in 1986 by the more modern prison "Lorusso and Cutugno" located in the Vallette district.
Sight 41: Officine Grandi Riparazioni
The Officine Grandi Riparazioni di Torino is a late nineteenth-century industrial complex located in Turin.
Wikipedia: Officina Grandi Riparazioni di Torino (IT), Website
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