Saturday, February 1, 2020

CDP February Theme : Streetscape

The February CDP theme is Streetscape, and I chose this street view of via Pietro Micca which is one of the most photgraphed street of Turin.


   
Via Pietro Micca is one of the historic streets in the center of Turin. It begins in Piazza Castello and ends in Piazza Solferino. It was built in the period 1885-1897, obliquely with respect to the road network, thus becoming one of the first streets to break the typical chessboard of the Roman Quadrilateral; because of its design it was nicknamed the Diagonal.
The architectural matrix of the street is the eclectic style; it was named after Pietro Micca, a name attributed to the soldier of the Savoy army believed to be the author of the explosion in one of the tunnels that ran under the military Citadel, provoked to prevent the invasion of French troops during the siege of Turin in 1706.


Beisde the long straight street which direct the view towards the Grattacielo SanPaolo at the end, I think the gorgeous building with the circular corner is another major eye catcher.

Location : Via Pietro Micca

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4 comments:

Small City Scenes said...

Beautiful for sure and perfect for the theme
MB

Jim said...

Such a beautiful view

Susie of Arabia said...

I can see why it's one of the most photographed scenes in your city - it's lovely

William Kendall said...

Spectacular!