The Unofficial Name of A Piazza

There are places that the people of Turin usually call by names different from those they have in reality. For example, Piazza Vittorio stands for Piazza Vittorio Veneto just as Corso Vittorio is the abbreviation of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and there is no risk of making a mistake because everyone knows these names (indeed they often don't know the official one).  

 

One of these places is Piazza Carlina, which is actually Piazza Carlo Emanuele II. Its nickname is so famous and recognized by the inhabitants of the city that a few years ago they started writing it in the maps of Turin instead of its real name.  

 

The square, which is located in the historic center of Turin not far from the Egyptian Museum, was built in 1673, during the second city expansion, designed by the architect Amedeo di Castellamonte. The nickname, with which it was called already in 1600, was given to it by the people of Turin because it was the one with which Carlo Emanuele II of Savoy was called due to his effeminate ways.

Location : Piazza Carlina ( Piazza Carlo Emanuele II )

 

 

She Is Reading

There is a school at the junction of the street where I live. Normally, we see parents of different races waiting for their children outside during the end of day of lessons.

One day, I walked on the opposite side of the street and saw a muslim woman reading something outside the school. Nothing special, I just like that image, so I snapped a photo.

 Location : Via Bertola

Men Walk

Take a break from posting raining day photos. 

 Since yesterday was Women's Day, I dug up these older photos.....

These photos were taken in last November, a group of men marched across the Town Hall Square and headed towards piazza Castello. All were wearing suits and red shoes, each carrying a board in hand.

It was to protest violence against women.

Location : Via Palazzo Di Città

The Rain Is Back

 The rain is back again....

The current situation seems to forecast that we are going to have a wet weekend.

Let's hope that next week there will be fine weather, and finally we can begin to enjoy Spring.

Location : Via Lagrange

Spring After The Rain

Two days no rain, are the rainy days over or soon will be back?

Walking past the garden, saw a pond of water on the path, so, just snapped a quick one.

From the photo realised that someone had lost a pacifier and Spring is coming.....

The pond should be gone by now....

Location : Giardino La Marmora

A Pause From The Rain

Yesterday was a pause from the rain or the week long raining has finally stopped?

Anyway, I was wrong about the sky, we indeed got a blu sky, not completely clear, but definitely was very blue in most part of the day.

So, we had a walk and got these shots at the entrance to the park at the ancient roman gate, Porta Palatina.

Location : Porta Palatina

Still Raining

 Still raining, Sunday was a non stop 24 hours rainy day.

It was not so convenient to get out to do photo shooting, so, here is an old photo from the previous rainy season.

I doubt that today we are going to have some blue sky....like this.

Location : Giardini Reali