Last week, it was in via Roma, it did attract people stopping to appreciate their works. Not sure about the sale though.
Location : Via Roma
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Street Art Appreciation
Occasionally there are artists displaying their works for sale under the arcade along various streets, transforming the arcades into an art gallery,
Last week, it was in via Roma, it did attract people stopping to appreciate their works. Not sure about the sale though.
Location : Via Roma
Last week, it was in via Roma, it did attract people stopping to appreciate their works. Not sure about the sale though.
Location : Via Roma
Monday, July 27, 2020
Tables Out
Due to the Covid-19, restaurants need to ensure safety distance between tables, thus the number of tables allowed inside the resturants is significantly reduced.
To compense, more spaces are reserved outside the restaurants to allow them to setup tables for clients.
It seems that many restaurants are taking thing too far, there are no safety distance between the tables setup outdoor and many placed the tables up to edge of the piazza or streets, forcing pedestrians to walk on the road where cars pass.
Curiously enough, everyday, people complain that due to the Covid-19, works are affected and they can hardly make ends meet, however, almost everyday, the restaurants are full.
Location : Largo IV Marzo
To compense, more spaces are reserved outside the restaurants to allow them to setup tables for clients.
It seems that many restaurants are taking thing too far, there are no safety distance between the tables setup outdoor and many placed the tables up to edge of the piazza or streets, forcing pedestrians to walk on the road where cars pass.
Curiously enough, everyday, people complain that due to the Covid-19, works are affected and they can hardly make ends meet, however, almost everyday, the restaurants are full.
Location : Largo IV Marzo
Friday, July 24, 2020
Message To The River
He rode his bycicles all the way to the river, sat himself down near close to the edge of the river and started to send his admiration for the river via instant messenger....
Will the river send him back a reply?
Location : River Po
Will the river send him back a reply?
Location : River Po
Monday, July 20, 2020
Dogs Pack
Saw this modern art installment in the courtyard of a building, not sure what building it is, but the installment is quite interesting.
Seems to be a pack of dogs roaming around two abandoned cars. Or are those supposed to be wolves? They look pretty much like dogs...
Location : Torino
Seems to be a pack of dogs roaming around two abandoned cars. Or are those supposed to be wolves? They look pretty much like dogs...
Location : Torino
Friday, July 17, 2020
Santuario della Consolata
The Santuario della Consolata or, in its full name, the Church of the Virgin of the Consolation is a prominent Marian sanctuary and minor basilica in central Turin, Piedmont, Italy. Colloquially, the sanctuary is known as La Consla.
It is located on the intersection of Via Consolata and Via Carlo Ignazio Giulio.
The church was originally built in the style of a basilica. Over the years the church and the icon were rebuilt and restored by various orders of monks. In 1448 the prior of Sant'Andrea expanded the church building one bay to the west. With the increased popularity of devotion to Our Lady of Consolation, the church changed from a parish to a shrine.
The interior has a jubilantly polychrome rococo decoration with colored marbles and solomonic columns. The Juvarra altar has two marble angels in adoration by Carlo Antonio Tantardini. The interior has a sculpture of two praying queens by Vincenzo Vela. Outside the church is a statue of a virgin and child on a column.
The church serves as a burial place for a number of saints affiliated with Turin: Giuseppe Cafasso and Leonardo Murialdo, as well as the Blessed Giuseppe Allamano, rector (1880-1926) and founder of the Mission Institute of the Consolata. Every June 20, a procession of the icon of the Virgin takes place in the streets of the city.
The church is an eclectic collection of architecture, and includes portions of an ancient Roman wall, a Romanesque bell-tower, a baroque set of domes, almost Byzantine, sheltering a gothic icon, with two porticos, one of which has Neoclassic severity. The clashing of Guarini's and Juvarra's often mathematical architecture with the highly decorated interior, stubbornly magnetic to a ritualistic popular piousness, leads to a modern synthesis with immanent overtones.
( Quoted from : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santuario_della_Consolata )
Location : Santuario della Consolata
The church was originally built in the style of a basilica. Over the years the church and the icon were rebuilt and restored by various orders of monks. In 1448 the prior of Sant'Andrea expanded the church building one bay to the west. With the increased popularity of devotion to Our Lady of Consolation, the church changed from a parish to a shrine.
The interior has a jubilantly polychrome rococo decoration with colored marbles and solomonic columns. The Juvarra altar has two marble angels in adoration by Carlo Antonio Tantardini. The interior has a sculpture of two praying queens by Vincenzo Vela. Outside the church is a statue of a virgin and child on a column.
The church serves as a burial place for a number of saints affiliated with Turin: Giuseppe Cafasso and Leonardo Murialdo, as well as the Blessed Giuseppe Allamano, rector (1880-1926) and founder of the Mission Institute of the Consolata. Every June 20, a procession of the icon of the Virgin takes place in the streets of the city.
The church is an eclectic collection of architecture, and includes portions of an ancient Roman wall, a Romanesque bell-tower, a baroque set of domes, almost Byzantine, sheltering a gothic icon, with two porticos, one of which has Neoclassic severity. The clashing of Guarini's and Juvarra's often mathematical architecture with the highly decorated interior, stubbornly magnetic to a ritualistic popular piousness, leads to a modern synthesis with immanent overtones.
( Quoted from : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santuario_della_Consolata )
Location : Santuario della Consolata
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
High Wall Short Skirts
As the weather gets warmer and the temperature rises, the shirts of the girls get shorter. Seems it is the law of the universe.
A few young ladies walking under the high wall along Murazzi, perhaps going for a party?
Location : Murazzi
A few young ladies walking under the high wall along Murazzi, perhaps going for a party?
Location : Murazzi
Monday, July 13, 2020
Free K Pride
This year, due to the Covid - 19, the pride was cancelled. However, last weekend, there was another type of pride, matching across the center of the town.
The Free K Pride as they called it, was to protest against all kind of discrimination.
Not sure what to think about a Pride match at this time of Covid - 19, as can be seen in the photo, there was no social distance and most of the participants were without masks.....
Good cause or stupid? Who can judge?
Location : Via Pietro Micca
The Free K Pride as they called it, was to protest against all kind of discrimination.
Not sure what to think about a Pride match at this time of Covid - 19, as can be seen in the photo, there was no social distance and most of the participants were without masks.....
Good cause or stupid? Who can judge?
Location : Via Pietro Micca
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