In front of the Church of the Virgin of the Consolation is a small piazza with the famous Caffè Al Bicerin which serves the delicious local speciality beverage : Bicerin and some other restaurants.
A woman stepped away from the crowd to read messages in private, borrowing the light from the entrance of the church. Perhaps it was a message from God?
Location : Piazza Della Consolata
Via San Francesco dall'Assisi is divided into 2 by via Pietro Micca, one side being a rather heavy traffic road and the other is reserved for pedestrians.
Both sides are decorated with lights hanging above for the Christmas season.
After the first snowing, the snow was either quickly melted or pushed aside to clear up the piazza and the street.
In piazza castello was left with piles of snow and ponds of water.
Location : Piazza Castello
The first snow had arrived few days ago, it was snowing for a whole full day.
Location: Piazza Castello
Via Lagrange is one of the main street which is on the list to have the christmas lights decoration installed every year.
The installation is part of the 'Luci d'Artista' titled Luì e l’arte di andare nel bosco by Luigi MAINOLFI.
Location : Via Lagrange
The other christmas lights decoration is set of stars on the side street leading toward piazza Castello in one direction and piazza Carignano in the other direction.
This set of lights help to light up the otherwise darker piazza Carignano after sun down.
Location : Piazza Carignano
In piazza Carignano, there are two sets of christmas decoration lights, one is installed in the center of the piazza, lights are projected onto the floor from the lamp posts, this is part of the 'Luci d'Artista', titled 'Cosmometrie' by artist Mario Airò.
Location : Piazza Carignano
In November, the streets have already put up with the christmas lights, bringing in early the atmosphere of the season celebration.
Due to this year Turin holding the ATP ( Association of Tennis Professionals ) final, the city is flooded with tourists in the month of November, perhaps that's why the lights aer on early, also to please the tourists and to boost the morale of the locals.
The lights from the ' Luci d'Artista ' titled 'Noi' by artist Luigi Stoisa placed at via Garibaldi
Location : Via Garibaldi
This side of La Mole is facing the Palazzo Nuovo, which is the University Of Turin.
La Mole is partially hidden by some housing buildings in front of it, and it gives a different view of La Mole....
Location : Via sant'Ottavio
Walking through the Royal Park, La Mole AKA the Cinema Museum can be seen afar at the end of the park, the row of trees with their leaves turned red just signaled the arrival of autumn.
Location : giardini Reali
A serie of sculptures by artist Fabio Viale are displayed in front of the Royal palace, attracting lots of attention from the locals and tourists.
The sculptures are reproduction of the roman sculptures, except that they are tattooed.
Fabio Viale is an italian scuptor, born in Cuneo, Piedmont and after his studies at the artistic high school and at the Accademia Albertina in Turin, Italy, Viale started to work professionally as a sculptor.
'Viale doesn’t paint the marble but rather infuses an arm or chest with color and pattern in a manner that’s similar to tattooing a human body. He collaborated with chemists to refine the blended technique and said that “not surprisingly, each natural material has its strong personality and difficulties connected to it.”'
( Quoted from : https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/04/fabio-viale-tattooed-sculpture/ )
Location : Palazzo Reale
Every year there are the anti-prides critise the participants of the parade being exhibitionists, exposing their body, the parade is a clown show with participants in ridiculous costumes.
This year, these are their target to voice out their disapproval of the Pride parade.
Event : Torino Pride 2021
Some other faces during the Pride parade, as contrary to many anti-pride people's view of the Pride parade, most participants of the parade are just ordinary people dressed in non provocating way.
Love the look
Love Is Love
Event : Torino Pride 2021
The Royal gardens which is partially re-opened after a long overdue renovation sometime ago, has finally finished restored one of its main attraction: The fountian of Nereid and the Tritons
At the center of the enclosed part of the gardens is a white narble basin with the Fountain of Nereid and the Tritons in the center, it is more often known as the 'Tritons Fountain'
It is a work depicting mythological figures: a Nereid (sea nymph) surrounded by Tritons (the children of the god Poseidon. In turn, the basin is surrounded by twelve statuettes of half human and half aquatic beings. The work was conceived. by the court sculptor Simone Martinez (1689-1768) in 1765-1768.
Location : Giardini Reali
Just some faces during the Pride parade, most people don't mind to have their photo taken during the parade, or else, where is the pride of joining the parade.....
A sweet young couple
A rather shy looking young guy
Event : Torino Pride 2021
Pride is also a good opportunity to promote a performance event, in this case it was a friend who is a regular to Pride parade, taking the opportunity to promote a theater group and their show.
Their outstanding looks do bring more fun to the parade.
Event : Torino Pride 2021
After missed out in 2020, the Pride Torino was back on the 25th of September, not in the usual month of June. And even in September it was postponed a week after the initial set date due to the lack of permission from the authority.
Finally, it arrived in a much reduced version.
Event : Torino Pride 2021
The market at Porta Palazzo, the biggest open air market in Europe, is obviously full of vendors and they offer beside foods mainly clothings, bags and accessories.
Most of the vendors are actually not italian, those who sell clothings, bags and accessories are mainly the chinese and africans.
While making the photo, one of the African vendor wanted to know if I did ask their permission to photograph them. I told him that I am not doing close up of any person, so it is not necessary to ask any permission since the market is a public place.
Location : Porta Palazzo
In Italy, the COVID-19 green certificate facilitates attendance at certain public events (such as trade fairs, concerts, sports competitions, parties following religious or civil ceremonies) and access to health care facilities for the elderly (RSA). It is also mandatory when moving into and out of areas that may be classified as "red" or "orange" zones in the absence of valid reasons for work, health or proven urgency.
The rule, announced some weeks ago, applies to domestic flights, train travel between regions and sea travel. Some ferries are exempt, such as those serving many tiny islands which have no other connections to the mainland, and those used by commuters between Sicily and the southern tip of the mainland in Calabria.
Several protests against the obligation of Green Pass have been held in some major cities and in Torino, the protest has been going on every Saturday in the center of the city.
Location : Via Pietro Micca
A fire started out at about 11 am yesterday on the roof of a building in front of the central train station.
The black thick smoke could be seen from the street near to our house. Went nearer to take a look and saw that the whole block was fenced and the streets surrounding were blocked and 3 group of firemen were busy trying to stop the fire.
By the time at about 1700 hours, regardless of the firemen's effort to stop the fire, it had spread down to the appartment below and by 2230 hours the lower level's appartments started to catch the fire too.
Location : Turin, Italy
