We consoled ourselves with Aperol spritzes and sandwiches at the newly converted Drogheria in the Piazza Carignano (highly recommended):-
It had a good view of the Piazza:-
And the brick back of S. Filippo Neri:-
By now, we were extremely nearly too late for S. Lorenzo (it closes on the dot of 12 noon):-
We dashed in to see the wonderfully complex cat’s cradle of Guarini’s dome:-
Then, I wanted to see Aimaro d’Isola’s first work – the Turin stock exchange, now deserted, a strong piece of early 50s design and his first work, won in competition when he was still a student:-
Last, we felt that no visit to Turin is complete without a visit to Lingotto, Fiat’s great car factory in south Turin, begun in 1912, with the car track on the roof laid out in 1919, and the remarkably theatrical ramps in 1922:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
Terrific ! I’ve never seen it before. Thank you.
Thank you so much for convincing me that I need to return to Turin, which I last saw well over 30 years ago – I have missed so much on previous visits!
I love Turin & was lucky enough to be involved in several photographic exhibitions there in the 90s. And, in 1990, Turin was the first place I ever ate veal carpaccio with olive oil, capers & lemon. In 1990, I didn’t know such delicious things existed.
A good strenuous uphill walk to the Vittorio Sella Museum is worth the pull.
Is the Fiat art gallery still on top of Lingotto? Turin is stupendous, many thanks, also so far at least the only place in Europe that I was very successfully pickpocketed on a very crowded tram, mea culpa for carelessness…..a very useful lesson so far….
Yes, but we were wilting, so just saw the race track. Charles
Great photos of a wonderful and often over-looked city.
Arcane comment: Nietzsche lost his mind there in 1888 and de Chirico, a disciple, was of course inspired by the huge squares in developing ‘pittura metafisica’. He also seems to refer to Nietzsche in one of his paintings which has the words ‘Torino 1888’ on it. Anyway that’s my theory!
Yes, there’s a plaque marking Nietzsche’s house in the Via Carlo Alberto and a rather good book by Lesley Chamberlain on Nietzsche in Turin. Charles