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Misteri All'ombra Della Mole PASSEPARTOUT| PASSEPARTOUT MONDOINBLUE l’obelisco di piazza Statuto. E proprio piaz- t is curious, but a legend that has al- za Statuto è segnalata come uno dei luo- ways persistently accompanied Turin, ghi magici della città perché pare ricopra the elite clutch of Italy with a little la Val Occisorum, il luogo delle esecuzioni Ibackward taste, is the one that gives the capitali; in effetti durante lo scavo per la name “Magical” to the city. And not since costruzione della ferrovia venne ritrovata yesterday. One of the most ancient founded un’antica necropoli. myths, in fact, even refers to the Egyptians, Torino poi, come Praga e Lione, viene de- that here, at the merging of the Dora and TORINO finita “città del diavolo”, luogo frequentato the Po, built a temple dedicated to the god nei secoli da personaggi famosi ammantati Api, the bull god, and all about a city and a MISTERI ALL’OMBRA DELLA MOLE di mistero che rispondono ai nomi di Pa- civilization alive until they were destroyed racelso, Cagliostro, Nostradamus, l’immor- by the Etruscan. Is it for this that Turin has DARK MYSTERIES ABOUT tale Conte di Saint Germain e il sensitivo one of the most important Egyptian Art Mu- THE MOLE Gustavo Rol. Ma se questo è vero, come si seums in the world after the one in Cairo? spiega che proprio la città sabauda ospi- Also the second foundation worked by the ti la Sacra Sindone, una delle reliquie più Romans, Julia Augusta Taurinorum, seems famose della Cristianità? Un altro mistero, to belong to the same mysterious criss-cross. soprattutto se si considera che tra le sta- The current design of the city is still the one of the castra, military campsite of the legions, tue che si trovano davanti all’ingresso della developed on a rectangular plan and organized on two perpendicular routes (cardo and chiesa della Gran Madre (pare edificata sul decumano) that crossed at the center, where a command tent was positioned, which lead di / by MARCO VALENTE sito di un tempio dedicato alla dea Iside) si to the four access doors. One of these is still visible and also one of the best conserved dice si possano trovare gli indizi per trova- in the world amongst those in re il Santo Graal. existence from the I century curioso, ma una delle leg- Sia come sia, Torino ha molte altre frecce AD: the beautiful Porta Pa- gende che da sempre ac- al suo arco per decidere di dedicarle una latina, the Porta Principalis compagna tenacemente la visita, soprattutto perché dopo gli impor- Sinistra. In Turin, the doors compassata Torino, il salotto tanti interventi di ristrutturazione eseguiti face the four cardinal points buonoÈ d’Italia dal gusto un po’ retrò, in occasione delle Olimpiadi Invernali del coinciding with a 45° par- è quella che le assegna il titolo di città 2006, la città ha riacquistato l’antico splen- allel that has as a reference “magica”. E non da ieri. Uno dei miti di dore. point, the obelisk in piazza fondazione più antichi, infatti, fa riferi- Si può cominciare da piazza Castello, il Statuto. It is actually piazza mento addirittura agli Egizi, che qui, alla cuore di Torino; di qui, percorrendo i por- Statuto pointed out as one of confluenza della Dora e del Po, avrebbe- tici di via Roma, si arriva a piazza San Car- the magic places of the city be- ro eretto un tempio dedicato al dio Api, lo, dove giganteggia il “Caval ëd Brons”, la cause it seems it covers Val Oc- il dio toro, e tutt’intorno una città e ci- statua equestre in onore di Emanuele Fi- cisorum, the location of capi- viltà che rimasero in vita fino a che non liberto. La zona è stata recentemente resa tal punishment; in fact during furono distrutte dagli Etruschi. Sarà per pedonale e per questo la sosta nei suoi ce- the digging of the construc- questo che Torino ospita il più impor- lebri caffè è diventata ancora più deliziosa. tion for the railway there was tante Museo d’Arte Egizia del mondo found an ancient necropolis. dopo quello de Il Cairo? Turin then, like Prague and Leone, was la- Anche la seconda fondazione ad ope- beled “city of the devil”, over the centuries ra dei Romani, Julia Augusta Taurino- a place visited by famous people, lovers of rum, sembra collocarsi nello stesso mystery with names like Paracelso, Caglios- solco misterioso. L’attuale planimetria tro, Nostradamus, immortal Count of Saint della città è ancora quella del castra, Germain and psychic Gustavo Rol. So, if l’accampamento militare delle legioni, this is true, how do you explain that it is sviluppato su pianta rettangolare e or- actually this Savoy city who hosts the Holy ganizzato su due direttrici perpendicolari Shroud, one of the most famous Christian (il cardo e il decumano) che si incrocia- relics? Another mystery, above all, if you vano al centro, dove veniva collocata la consider that among the statues that are tenda di comando, e che portavano alle found at the entrance of the of Gran Madre quattro porte di accesso. Una di queste è (seems to be built on a site of a temple dedi- ancora visibile ed è anche una delle meglio cated to the goddess Iside) it is said you can conservate al mondo fra quelle esistenti del find clues to find the Holy Grail. I secolo d.C.: è la bellissima Porta Palatina, Be it, Torino has many other strings to its bow la Porta Principalis Sinistra. Nel caso di To- to decide to pay it a visit, mainly because rino, le porte sono volte in direzione dei after the important restorations done for the quattro punti cardinali in coincidenza con In alto: Gianni Agnelli; al centro: i gianduiotti torinesi; sopra: tifosi festeggiano occasion of the Winter Olympics in 2006, il 45° parallelo che ha come riferimento il 26° scudetto della Juventus the city has regained its ancient splendor. 52 53 PASSEPARTOUT|MONDOINBLUE IL PARCO DEL VALENTINO THE PARK OF VALENTINO Lambito dalle acque del Po, Lapped by the water of a due passi dal centro della the Po, steps to the city città, si trova uno dei luoghi center, you find one of più amati dai torinesi: il Par- the places most loved co del Valentino. Di solito ci by the Turin people: si va in primavera, ma anche the Parco del Valentino. nelle fredde giornate di sole Usually you go in the invernale il parco è molto spring, although even on frequentato da chi vuole cold winter sunny days, regalarsi una passeggiata in the park is very popular mezzo al verde. Al suo in- for those who want to terno sorge un castello che take a walk in the open una leggenda vuole sia sta- nature. Inside there is a to fatto costruire da Maria castle, that legend wants Cristina di Francia come di- it to be built by Christine mora per i propri convegni Marie of France as a res- galanti. E, tanto per aggiungere altri elementi a favore idence for her gallant encounters. Just to add other ele- della natura misteriosa di Torino, sembra che la con- ments in favor to the mysterious nature of Turin, it seems tessa fosse incline a disfarsi dei suoi amanti gettandoli that the countess was prone to get rid of her lovers by in un pozzo. L’edificio ha una pianta a ferro di cavallo throwing them into a well. The building is in the shape of contornata da quattro torri. Vi è anche la ricostruzione a horseshoe surrounded by four towers. There is also a di un borgo medievale che, allestito per l’esposizione reconstruction of a medieval village that, set up for the universale del 1884, fa ancora bella mostra di sé insie- Universal Exposition in 1884, is still proudly displayed me a giardini, piccole cascate, fontane e corsi d’acqua. along with gardens, waterfalls, fountains and streams. You can begin with piazza Castello, the and the Museo di Arte Antica then, follow DALLA MOLE heart of Turin; from here, following the ar- the arcades of via Po and this will take you cades of via Roma you will arrive at piazza to piazza Vittorio Veneto, one of the largest ANTONELLIANA, San Carlo, where looms the Caval ëd Brons, in Europe, where there is the Chiesa della SIMBOLO DELLA the equestrian statue in honor of Ema- Gran Madre di Dio. A short walk and you nuele Filiberto. The area has recently be- are at the foot of the symbol of Turin, the CITTÀ, SI PUÒ come strictly pedestrian and for this, stop- Mole Antonelliana, from the top of which AVERE UNA VISTA ping at the famous coffee bars has become you may have a sensational visit of the city even more delicious. Going back to piazza with a view so far as to embrace the fara- ECCEZIONALE Castello you can visit Palazzo Madama way Alps. CON UN PANORAMA CHE Nuovo modello di Fiat 500 ARRIVA AD ABBRACCIARE LE ALPI Tornando a piazza Castello si può visitare Palazzo Madama e il Museo di Arte Antica per poi percorrere i portici di via Po che conducono a piazza Vittorio Veneto, una delle più grandi d’Europa, dove sorge la Chiesa della Gran Madre di Dio. Una breve passeggiata e si è ai piedi dell’edificio sim- bolo di Torino, la Mole Antonelliana, dalla cui sommità si può avere una vista eccezio- nale della città con un panorama che arriva ad abbracciare anche le vicine Alpi. 54 55.
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