La Mole At New Year Eve

Finally get to see the light they put onto La Mole for the Christmas and New Year, so as an exception, I posted a video instead of a photo....

Happy New Year!!! Auguri!!!

The Mole And The Statue Of Teofilo Rossi

The scene of transition from autumn to winter at the Royal parks is beautiful, red, golden leaves still struggling to hang onto the branches with La Mole finally in fuller view at the background and part of the old city wall in foreground.

At one of the entrance to one of the park stands the statue of  Count Teofilo Rossi di Montelera. He was an Italian politician and entrepreneur. 

A Piedmont noble. He was Minister of Industry and Commerce, Senator of the Kingdom and Mayor of Turin. During his union, with royal decree of 27 April 1911, he was made Count of Montelera by Vittorio Emanuele III, on the occasion of the inauguration of the International Exposition of Turin, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Unification of Italy.

Shelter

One of the purpose of the arcade in Turin is to provide shelter in case of raining or snowing as in this case.....while still able to admire from a distance the La Mole.....

The junction of via Pietro Micca and piazza Castello

Just Raining

Just one day after Christmas , the rain arrives.....

Bring out the umbrellas....

Two umbrellas vendors walking across the very wet piazza Castello

Snow Umbrellas

Winter is white and pale, especially when it snows, and people carry umbrellas to walk under the snow...

In Piazza Castello

Besides the obvious purpose of umbrellas, they also added color to the winter scene....

In Piazza Palazzo Di Città

Merry Christmas Day

Just Merry Christmas with photo of the christmas tree in piazza Castello which is in the center of the town and a Christmas lights deco in the suburb.

 Via Carlo Capelli

Piazza Castello

Arrival Of The Santa Couple

Is cold, even though it was snowing only for two days separately, the ground seems always wet, but it doesn't damp the mood of the tourists in town. Like these two guys wearing the same red santa hat wandering around piazza Castello taking photo and were in pretty cheerful mood.

Almost There

The snow is gone, the rain has stopped, the cold is still in the air, colder than usual and the Christmas is almost here.....

 

Christmas Lights - Suburb

One of the big street out of the center, Corso Alcide De Gasperi with its Christmas lights on.....

Christmas Lights - Via Mercanti

As per last year, also the small lane in via Mercanti has its Christmas lights decoration on, it does create a rather magical season atmosphere....

Christmas Lights- Via Garibaldi

As usual, every year in the center, decoration lights are up for Christmas season. This year out of the 25 installations, the governer decided to move 11 of them to the suburbs, reasulting with the decoration feels disconnected and all over the places.

Via Garibaldi is one of the main street that has kept its lights....

Christmas Lights - Piazzetta Mollino

In Piazzetta Mollino, the ' courtyard ' of the Teatro regio was decorated by the christmas lights installation Vento Solare, by artist Luigi Nervo.

With the walls and the glass windows of the theatre capturing the reflection of the lights, it seems to be a very well suitable place for this installation.

Counting Down Under The Snow

This woman stood in front of the huge count down to Christmas calender in piazza Castello under the snow, maybe she really look forward to Christmas....
By the way, the local firemen come to tear of a page every evening until Christmas.

Another Day Of Snow

Just another 'one' day snow, just enough to sprinkle some snow on the ground....

Anyway, in giardino Lamarmora, the scenery is always lovely....

Pietre Preziose

In the Royal garden, a new art piece was installed among the woods. It the Pietre Preziose, the new work by Giulio Paolini for the Royal Gardens. 

Pietre Preziose ( Precious stones ) is an installation that retrieves some original stone fragments of the Chapel of the Holy Shroud, the masterpiece by Guarino Guarini, arranged by Paolini on a kind of plant that evokes Guariniana, consisting of granite and lava stone inlays. In the center, the figure of an architect in eighteenth-century clothing that resembles the Dome, to evoke the Guarini but also, ambiguously, the artist.

TFM

The TFM (Trans Freedom March ) was on the 18th of November, it started from piazza Vittorio and ended in piazza Castello, despite of the cold weather, the attendance was very satisfying.

 

 

At piazza Castello, speeches were made and songs were performed to remember and to call attention to the discrimination and suffering of the trans, and called for their freedom to live their lives as equale to any other people.

One Day Snow

It is very cold this November, and last Sunday was snowing , just one day in the town center....

 The snow covered patch matched well with the magnificent palazzo Carignano....

As usual, by noon, the ground in piazza Castello was more icy than snowy....

Not so much snow but enough to make a small snow man.....