Christmas Wishes

Every year at the main train station, Porta Nuova there is a huge Christmas tree elected in the entrance hall. People place their wishes on to the tree and it is very entertaining reading all those wishes, especially this year....

Many wishes are to have a job, a boyfriend/girlfriend or to be able to travel abroad...

Some are really very specific, such as these :

 She asked to make Stefano to marry her....Bet by now all the Stefano in Turin are under stress...

 The one wishes his/her ex will love him/her again....

Merry Christmas 2018

Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year!!!

May 2019 brings back all the good and leave the bad behind.

Christmas Blue

Blue seems to be the chosen color for the Christmas decoration in Turin, the Mole is colored in blue light, the under side of the bright also painted with blue light and various locations in the center are decorated with blue light bulbs too....

Christmas Lights Are On

Just some of the Christmas lights decorations around...Some olds and some news.

Via Roma

It seems initially there was no intention to install any decoration lights on Via Roma, but after some serious consideration, they realised that they just can't leave the main street of the town center naked.

Via Lagrange

Also, in via Lagrange, the lights were installed after some late reconsiderations.

 Via Barbaroux

 As in via barbaroux, the same old lights are installed as per past few years, but these lights suit well with these narrow old streets.

Le Nuove

The Museum of Prison "Le Nuove" is located at the former prison of Turin, called precisely Le Nuove, built between 1854 and 1869, inaugurated in 1870 under the reign of Vittorio Emanuele II and remained in operation until it was replaced in 1986 by the most modern prison "Lorusso e Cutugno" located in the Vallette district.

View of " Le Nuove " from Piano 35

The museum itinerary is divided into the various structures of the former prison.Designed by architect Giuseppe Polani, it had been conceived, according to the criteria of the time, as an individual segregated prison. It had 648 cells, thirteen branches, including those of those condemned to death, as well as two chapels, one for men and one for women. The cells also had the characteristic of having the windows "wolf-like", which allowed to see only the sky. His first director, Marinucci, allowed to use the internal church for the school lessons: the prisoners followed the lessons held by the volunteers of the Archconfraternity by the cells designed for individual participation in religious services. During the Fascist period, opponents, partisans and Jews remained there, like Ignazio Vian and Emanuele Artom, deported and sentenced to death. Notorious was the German arm, managed by the SS, where the inmates were tortured. Until the fall of fascism, no changes were made to the structure; subsequently, with the new constitutional rights, the prison was slowly made more livable, eliminating the internal walls of the courtyard and making important changes to the cells, including the expansion of the windows and the provision of radiators and water.Currently in the structure, in addition to the prison museum, there are also some judicial offices.

CDP December Theme Joy

For the Dicember Theme 'Joy', I have chosen this photo taken during the wedding ceremony of my friends. 

No explanation needed.

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