Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Turin has arisen

It all started here, that this was the first capital. So Turin these days turns into the real protagonist of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy. And it does so starting from the look. How? Unleashing a strict sign in Blu Risorgimento, banners and decals with the faces of Cavour, Cattaneo, Vittorio Emanuele II, Mazzini and Garibaldi, all items drawn from the master of graphic ad hoc Italo Lupi and the study of architecture Best + Servetto.

Authors also have a necklace tricolor light that shines around "neck" of one of the most representative monuments of the city: the Mole Antonelliana (photo). To relive the first steps of a newborn nation, in the Senate will be staged from March 18 to January 8, 2012, will be Italy. The reconstruction of the First Senate.

Through the project which will be re-staged the great hall where, between 1961 and 1964, what was the core of the Italian future (€ 7.50 full price). As from March 20 to June 26, will be the turn of the Palazzo Carignano. The apartments and Baroque painting Legnanino, which will be an opportunity to enter, after closing more than half a century, the Palazzo Carignano in that room that housed, among others, the study of Count Camillo Benso di Cavour (10 € a ticket integer).

It continues until 10 May at the Royal Palace and the Castle of Racconigi, Vittorio Emanuele II. King gentleman, where you can see the original documents of the Albertine Statute, the Treaty of Vienna and the registry of the landing of a Thousand, in addition to the official uniform worn by the king in the famous battle of Solferino (10 € a ticket).

It promises to be interesting and almost futuristic, the show make Italians. 150 years of national history, set in the picturesque location of the Officine Grandi Repairs, from March 17 to November 20. Here, two routes to be told through multimedia, will be the elements of union and, conversely, a division of the Italian people as a policy, school, war, Church, work and media (10 € a ticket).

Finally, on March 18 opened after four years of renovation and expansion, entrusted to the architect Cino Zucchi and production designer François Confino the "new" long-awaited Museum of Turin. A must-see event for all fans and not only (8 € full price). But if you are still not satisfied, do not worry, because from March 17 until April 3, in Piazza Vittorio Veneto, kicks off a special edition of Chocolate, the festival dedicated to the "food of the gods" that enlivens the city each year.

What can you expect? A scale model of Italy and some of its most significant monuments, all in dark chocolate 60%. But if they can only look and not touch, do not worry, because a small market sells the best in Italian: from Piedmont Gianduja chocolate of Modica, Sicily. Long live Italy!

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