Massage Street

Fortunately, the weather was good on Saturday and the massage tents were able to continue their services. 

I didn’t expect there were so many massage services in Turin…

Location: Via Roma

Street Roller Skaters

On Saturday, not sure what the event was, but at one end of via Roma were rows of tents offering massages and various treatments. At the other end of via Roma was a lane for roller skaters.

Here some skaters were demostrating their skill of clearing obstacles.

Location: Via Roma

Museum Lavazza - Casa Lavazza

The first exhibition sector is Casa Lavazza, i.e. the story of over 120 years of history of the Lavazza family, of coffee productivity and of the development of the brand.

This is the history of a family that grew into a company, and a company that grew to become a family.

And there’s nowhere better than “home” to trace the milestones in the life of Luigi Lavazza and the three generations that followed: an old bill of exchange, photographs, notes, accounting ledgers and grocery store lists attest to over 120 fascinating years of history.

 Location: Museum Lavazza

Museum Lavazza

The Lavazza Museum is one of the most recent museums in Turin. Located in the Aurora district, it is located in the Nuvola Lavazza complex, the new management center of the coffee producing company of the same name and covers approximately 1200 m2. 

Inaugurated in 2018, the museum, designed by Ralph Appelbaum's international studio, allows you to become aware of the culture of coffee by retracing, even in an interactive way, both the history of the Lavazza family and that of the Italian industry of the 20th century with reference to the entire supply chain some coffee. 

The museum exhibition is spread over a circular path on two floors and is divided into 5 specific areas, all equipped with interactive installations and each characterized by specific contents and precise themes.

Location : Lavazza Museum

Pouring May

The rainy season is here again, and it looks like it may last until the end of the month.

Last night, the rain was particularly intense.

Location: Via Mercanti

Around Turin On The Historic Tram

Built in Turin in 1911 by the Diatto studio, it was put into service to strengthen a network designed to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Italian unification; it would circulate for decades and could even tow trailers.  

In the postwar years, the surviving cars were gradually withdrawn or converted into streetcars. In 1976, the 116 was restored to its 1920s condition by the ATM Central Workshop and assigned to special services.  

At the beginning of the new millennium, the tram was moved to Sassi, where it remained on static display for several years. In 2006, with the help of ATTS, it returned to the workshop for an overhaul, bringing it back into service: today it is the oldest tram in circulation in the entire Turin Historical Park.

Location: Piazza Carlina

Progressive Technology In Your Hands

This mural is created by Belarusian artist Dzmitryi Kashtalyan.

He wanted to demonstrate that innovation and technological progress are the most important parts of human development: the continuity between ancient times and modern times, represented by the female clothing worn by the characters. 

In this piece, the artist shows one of his anthropomorphic animals, in this case a fox. The figure has clear symbolic characteristics and proposes a dialectical relationship between tradition and innovation.

Location: Via Nizza 

Gorgeous Courtyard

The courtyards of many buildings in Turin are also used as parking lots. This way of commercializing the courtyards is really ugly.  

And then, there are gorgeous courtyards like this one.

Location: Turin

Land Boat

This boat was parked outside the seafood restaurant.

There is no seaside in Turin, although out of place but this boat does add an interesting element to the street.

Location: Via Corte D'Appello

Golden Motorbike

It's dazzling, sparkling, shiny. It's eye-catching, it's loud. It is a golden motorbike. 

 Location: Via Roma

Pigeons On The Sword

This is the equestrian monument dedicated to Ferdinand of Savoy-Genoa It can be admired in the center of the Solferino square, it was built in bronze in 1877 by the sculptor Alfonso Balzico, and dedicated to Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa, depicted with his sword drawn and his horse wounded, in memory of the bloody battle of Novara (known as " della Bicocca") of 23 March 1849, in strenuous defense from the Austrian invasion during the first Italian war of independence.

It is also a favourite spot in the piazza for the pigeons to hangout. 

Location: Piazza Solferino

Giro D'Italia Escort Team

The Giro d'Italia is an annual multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 1909 to increase sales of the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, and the race is still run by a subsidiary of that paper's owner. The race has been held annually since its first edition in 1909, except during the two world wars. As the Giro gained prominence and popularity the race was lengthened, and the peloton expanded from primarily Italian participation to riders from all over the world. The Giro is a UCI World Tour event, which means that the teams that compete in the race are mostly UCI WorldTeams, with some additional teams invited as 'wild cards'.

The tour kicks off on Saturday, 4th of May. On the 3rd of May, the escorting team of policemen in charge has already gathered in Turin.

Location: Piazza San Carlo 

Rain Comes Again

It’s been another week of rain, on and off, with no obvious signs of stopping completely. 

According to the weather forecast, the weather will be fine next week.

Location: Duomo

High Cyclists

I think this photo was taken during the Bike pride event 2 years ago.

Some of the cyclists were riding on these extremely tall bicycles, passing through the road. Still wondering how they got up and down from the bicycles?

Location: Via Pietro Micca

CDP May Theme: Cyclists

There is an organised tour by bicycles in Torino. The idea of a group of cyclists riding their bicycles through the streets of the town is great, but sometimes they can cause some inconvenience to others as they pass through the narrow streets of the older part of town.

I have chosen this photo of cyclist passing under my window for the CDP May theme day.

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Location: Via Mercanti