view gallery N24.1 km | Sacro Monte della Beata Vergine, Oropa, Italy, ID=1068-005 in World Heritage Sites This location is part of the series "Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy". The Sanctuary of Oropa is located at a height of 1,159 metres in a small valley of the Alpi Biellesi. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 09/15/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery E29.1 km | Basilica di Sant'Andrea - Vercelli, Italy in Romanesque Architecture The Basilica di Sant'Andrea represents an early example of Gothic architecture in Italy, inspired by Cistercian models and featuring Romanesque elements as well. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 09/16/2019 last visited: never |
view gallery NW33 km | Fort Bard - Aosta Valley, Italy in La Famille Bonaparte On May 14, 1800, a 40,000-strong French army was stopped by 400 Austro-Piedmontese soldiers at Fort Bard. They held the pass for two weeks, completely ruining Napoleon Bonaparte's plan of making a surprise attack on the Po Valley and Turin. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Valle d'Aosta, Italy date approved: 09/15/2019 last visited: 09/07/2019 |
view gallery SW48.1 km | Red Telephone Box - Turin, Italy in Red Telephone Boxes This derelict red telephone booth is found on via Lanino not far from the Piazza della Repubblica in Turin. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 04/12/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery SW48.3 km | Museo di Antichità - Collezioni archeologiche - Turin, Italy in History Museums The airy Palazzo Reale Orangeries houses the archaeological material collected since the XVI century by the House of Savoy as well as other prestigious collections later donated to the Museum. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 04/15/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery SW48.3 km | Museo di Antichità - Collezioni archeologiche -Turin, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization The airy Palazzo Reale Orangeries houses the archaeological material collected since the XVI century by the House of Savoy as well as other prestigious collections later donated to the Museum. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 04/14/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery SW48.3 km | Palatine Towers - Turin, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization The Palatine Towers is an ancient Roman-medieval structure in Turin, Italy. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 04/06/2010 last visited: 08/15/2022 |
view gallery SW48.4 km | Roman Theater - Turin, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization The Roman Theatre is the only building from the ancient Roman city to have left significant remains of three successive phases of construction. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 04/14/2010 last visited: 08/15/2022 |
view gallery SW48.4 km | Duomo di San Giovanni - Turin, Italy in Cathedrals The Duomo di San Giovanni, commissioned by Cardinal Domenico della Rovere and designed by the Tuscan architect, Meo del Caprina da Settignano, and completed in 1498. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 04/09/2010 last visited: 08/11/2022 |
view gallery SW48.4 km | Campanile di Sant'Andrea - Turin, Italy in Bell Towers This Romanesque bell tower, 40 metres tall, is attributed to the Benedictine monk Bruningo, who was expelled from Novalesa by the Saracens in the tenth century. The belfry dates from 1406. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 04/09/2010 last visited: 08/15/2022 |
view gallery SW48.4 km | Turin Cathedral (Duomo di Torino) - Turin, Italy in Philatelic Photographs Stamp depicting Turin Cathedral (Duomo di Torino), where a famous Shroud of Turin (Sindone di Torino) is stored, issued on the occasion of the 5th centenary of the Cathedral constrution. posted by: vraatja location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 05/15/2014 last visited: 08/11/2022 |
view gallery SW48.4 km | Mole Antonelliana - Torino, Italy in Numismatic Photographs The Mole Antonelliana is represented in 2 eurocent coin, from Italy. posted by: tofixe location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 09/09/2017 last visited: 08/12/2022 |
view gallery SW48.4 km | Residences of the Royal House of Savoy - Palazzo Reale - Turin, Italy in World Heritage Sites Royal Palace of Turin or Palazzo Reale, is a palace in Turin, northern Italy. It was the royal palace of the House of Savoy. It was modernised greatly by the French born Madama Reale Christine Marie of France (1606-1663) in the seventeenth century. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 04/05/2010 last visited: 08/11/2022 |
view gallery SW48.6 km | Giovan Battista Bottero - Turin, Italy in Statues of Historic Figures Bronze statue of Italian politician and journalist, Giovan Battista Bottero (1822-1897), in a small park near Turin center. posted by: vraatja location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 03/25/2017 last visited: never |
view gallery SW48.6 km | Equestrian statues of the Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) - Turin, Italy in Equestrian Statues Two bronze equestrian statues of Greek and Roman mythological figures, the Dioscuri (twins Castor and Pollux)from Abbondio Sangiorgio in front of the Palazzo Reale in Turin. posted by: vraatja location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 02/04/2015 last visited: 08/11/2022 |
view gallery SW48.6 km | Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta - Turin, Italy in Monarchs of the World The monument dedicated to Duke Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, an Italian general and member of the House of Savoy in Piazza Castello in Turin. posted by: vraatja location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 03/29/2017 last visited: 07/17/2017 |
view gallery SW48.6 km | Emanuele Filiberto Duca d’Aosta - Turin, Italy in Statues of Historic Figures The monument dedicated to Duke Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, an Italian general and member of the House of Savoy in Piazza Castello in Turin. posted by: vraatja location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 03/26/2017 last visited: 07/15/2017 |
view gallery SW48.6 km | Turin Tourist Information Center in Tourist Information Centers - Visitor Centers The tourist information center is in the Piazza Castello a bit hidden by the arcades across from the Madama Palace. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 04/11/2010 last visited: 08/11/2022 |
view gallery SW48.6 km | Eastern Gate of Augusta Taurinorum - Turin, Italy in Ancient Roman Civilization The Palazzo Madama was first erected at the close of the 13th century on the Roman east gate of the town. The remains of the towers were incorporated in it, posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 04/06/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery SW48.6 km | Residences of the Royal House of Savoy - Palazzo Madama - Turin, Italy in World Heritage Sites Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja is a palace in Turin, northern Italy. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 04/05/2010 last visited: 08/19/2008 |
view gallery SW48.6 km | Mosaicisti peimontesi, City Museum of Ancient Art - Turin Italy in Mosaics A beautiful fragment of a 12th century mosaic from somewhere in the piedmont region of Italy. It is part of the collection of the City Museum of Ancienet Art in the Madama Palace of Turin. You can find it in the basement floor exhibition. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 04/12/2010 last visited: 08/15/2022 |
view gallery SW48.8 km | Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (Amedeo VI di Savoia) - Turin, Italy in Legacy of Medieval Spiritual Warriors Bronze statue of Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (Amedeo VI di Savoia)at piazza Palazzo di Città in Turin, who was the founder of the Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, a military order dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. posted by: vraatja location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 02/21/2017 last visited: 08/14/2022 |
view gallery SW48.8 km | Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (Amedeo VI di Savoia) - piazza Palazzo di Città, Turin, Italy in Statues of Historic Figures Bronze statue of Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (Amedeo VI di Savoia), known under his nickname the Green Count (Il Conte Verde), in Piazza Palazzo di Città, in front of Turin's Town Hall. posted by: vraatja location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 05/22/2014 last visited: 08/11/2022 |
view gallery SW48.8 km | Charles Albert of Sardinia (Carlo Alberto di Savoia) - Piazza Carlo Alberto, Turin, Italy in Equestrian Statues Equestrian statue of Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (Carlo Alberto di Savoia) on piazza Carlo Alberto in Turin. posted by: vraatja location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 05/21/2014 last visited: 08/12/2022 |
view gallery SW48.9 km | Camillo Benso (Count of Cavour/Conte di Cavour) - Turin, Italy in Statues of Historic Figures Monument with a large statue of an Italian statesman and a leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification Camillo Benso of Cavour at Piazza Carlo Emanuele II in Turin. posted by: vraatja location: Piemonte, Italy date approved: 04/14/2016 last visited: never |
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