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Begun as a synagogue and finished as the world's tallest masonry building, the Mole became Turin's emblem. A glass elevator rises through the Cinema Museum's void to a balcony level with the Alps.
Turin
Turin's 167-meter spire, National Cinema Museum, glass elevator, synagogue that outgrew itself.
Photograph · Mole Antonelliana
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| What it is | Monument |
|---|---|
| Where | Turin, Piedmont |
| Known for | Turin's 167-meter spire, National Cinema Museum, glass elevator, synagogue that outgrew itself |
The story
Begun as a synagogue and finished as the world's tallest masonry building, the Mole became Turin's emblem. A glass elevator rises through the Cinema Museum's void to a balcony level with the Alps.
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