The Red Palace

It is not exactly red in color, but orangish-red, anyway, it is a gorgeous palace which dominate the view in piazza Carignano.

It is actually located between 2 piazzas, piazza Carignano and piazza Carlo Alberto.

It houses the Museum of the Risorgimento. It was a private residence of the Princes of Carignano, after whom it is named. Its rounded façade is different from other façades of the same structure.

 

Location : Palazzo Carignano

 

Heaven In Piazza Carignano

Heaven is a 2002 romantic thriller film directed by Tom Tykwer, starring Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi. Co-screenwriter Krzysztof Kieślowski intended for it to be the first part of a trilogy (the second being Hell and the third titled Purgatory), but Kieślowski died before he could complete the project. The film is an international co-production among producers based in Germany, France, Italy, the United States, and the United Kingdom. The dialogue is in Italian and English. 

The film was made in Turin and is one of the 20 different locations where 20 different movies were filmed.

In this case, the 'Heaven' was filmed in Palazzo Carignano, where the palazzo was transformed into barrack of the carabinieri.   

 

 Location :  PIAZZA CARIGNANO – VIA ACCADEMIA DELLE SCIENZE

Sleeping Out Cold

As per every winter, many homeless still have to sleep out in cold.

This guy was sleeping under the arcade in front of the palazzo Carignano, under shelter and at least had some rather heavy blankets. Fortunately enough, this winter isn't as cold as previous years, still, let's hope the cold will be gone soon enough.

Location : Piazza Carlo Alberto

Piazza Carignano

Piazza Carignano is one of the historical squares of the Sabauda city, pedestrianized. It is surrounded by buildings with Baroque architecture, among which the imposing Palazzo Carignano stands out, one of the major symbols of the Italian Risorgimento. Opposite the latter are the Carignano Theater and some important and historic shops in Turin, such as the famous "Ristorante del Cambio" and the historic "Gelateria Pepino".

A view of the piazza from the Egytian Museum

The small size (about 88x33 meters), the monumentality of the curvilinear facade of Palazzo Carignano, of which at the back is the other historical Piazza Carlo Alberto, and the nearby presence of prestigious institutions, such as the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, make the square one of the  richest corner of artistic, historical and monumental suggestions of the historical center of the Piedmontese capital.

 At the center of the square stands a statue dedicated to Vincenzo Gioberti.

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.....

Museum of the Risorgimento

The National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento (Museo nazionale del Risorgimento italiano) is the first, the biggest and the most important among the 23 museums in Italy dedicated to the Risorgimento, the only one which can be considered "National" according to a 1901 law and due to its rich and great collections. It is housed in the Palazzo Carignano in Turin.

The museum was established in 1878, shortly after Italian unification, even though it only had its first permanent exhibition in 1908. Originally located in the Mole Antonelliana, in 1938 it was moved to its current site (which had previously housed the Subalpine Chamber of Deputies, from 1848 to 1860, and then the first Italian Chamber of Deputies, from 1861 to 1865).

Its exhibits include weapons, flags, uniforms, printed and written documents (including the original manuscript of the song Il Canto degli Italiani, dated November 10, 1847 by Goffredo Mameli, now Italian national anthem since 1946), and artworks. The new exhibition, opened on March 18, 2011, occupies about 3500 square metres across 30 rooms, and covers the real Risorgimento period, stretching from the late 18th century revolutions to the beginning of the First World War. It includes a specialized library, a prints cabinet and a documentary archive.

 

Residence Of The Prince

 A short visit to the residence of the Prince of Carignano at palazzo Carignano....
The rooms are surprisely small but beautifully decorated.

The Palazzo Carignano is a historical building in the centre of Turin, Italy, which houses the Museum of the Risorgimento. It was a private residence of the Princes of Carignano, after whom it is named. Its rounded façade is different from other façades of the same structure. It is located on the Via Accademia delle Scienze.

The construction of the Palazzo Carignano was ordered by Prince Emmanuel Philibert, son of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano and his French wife Marie de Bourbon. The Prince commissioned architect Guarino Guarini to design a suitable residence for his home and the cadet house of the reigning House of Savoy.
Guarini designed the structure in the shape of a square, with a straight and restrained east façade and an elliptical façade on the west. Guarini also added a forecourt at the center of the palace. Construction began in 1679, when the Prince was 51 years old.
The decorations over the windows of the piano nobile recall the campaign of the Carignano family with Carignan-Salières Regiment against the Iroquois in 1667. The interior has always been described as lavish and has splendid frescoes and stucco decorations.
Among the frescoes are some by Stefano Legnani, called il Legnanino. The main stairwell is decorated with busts by Pietro Somazzi.
The building, constructed in brick in a typical Baroque style, has an elliptical main façade. This façade represents the only example of civic architecture making use of the undulating 'concave – convex – concave' rhythm established by Francesco Borromini in the church of S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in Rome.
The Palazzo was the birthplace of princesse de Lamballe in 1749 – confidant of Marie Antoinette and for whom she died in 1792. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano was born there in 1770. It was also the birthplace of the first King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel II in 1820.
From 1848 to 1861 the palace was used as the House of Deputies of the Subalpine Parliament. In 1861, with the creation of the parliament of the newly unified Kingdom of Italy, the room was not large enough to host the House of Deputies, which was moved elsewhere.
( Text quoted from :  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Carignano )

 The courtyard of the palazzo.

Arte Alle Corti - Bus Stop Post Apocalittico

In the courtyard of the Palazzo Carignano, which saw the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy and the first seat of the Italian Parliament, a pair of artists from Turin Gianfranco Botto and Roberta Bruno brought in the other part of the city.  

The yellow pole of a bus suburban line nailed there waiting for time. Waiting for the last bus. Develops around a visual diorama in which places and architecture blend between real and unreal visions.

When one enters into the courtyard of the palace he will has a strange feeling as if time had stood still, he perceives a world that was and is no longer exist. As if expecting at any moment something can happen. In the diorama peripheral that develops within the structure, the wait component is always present, but from another point of view: areas away from the center of the city, changes never come ...

 

Between The Pillars

At the entrance of Palazzo Carignano, a woman sat between the huge pillars to make a phone call.....

A quiet corner in the busy center of the city to make a phone call....

Arte Alle Corti - Palazzo Carignano

In the work of Elisabetta Benassi entitled MareoMerz, a fishing boat hangs in the net the last car belonged to Mario Merz. Here it triggers a 'interaction between monumental architectural space, the center of the city and its history (and Italian history), and the open space, that of the journey, with a close relationship with the memory of the art (the car of Mario Merz, master of Turin, which is fished, as emblematic object of Arte Povera). But there is perhaps also an echo of what is happening these days in the "Mare Nostrum".

The opera MareoMerz is located in the courtyard of palazzo Carignano.

Palazzo Carignano Summer View

The Palazzo Carignano is a historical building in the centre of Turin, Italy, which currently houses the Museum of the Risorgimento. It was once a private residence of the Princes of Carignano, after whom it is named. It is famous for its unique rounded façade. It is located on the Via Accademia delle Scienze.

The entrance through piazza Carignano

One of the entrance stairs  to the higher floor....