The monuments
All the monuments in Turin
The landmarks and masterpieces worth planning a day around.
Museo EgizioEgyptian MuseumOldest Egyptian museum, tomb of Kha intact, statue gallery of kings, papyrus collectionTurin has collected Egypt since 1824, longer than any museum on earth, and only Cairo holds more. The intact tomb kit of the architect Kha and the shadowy statue gallery of pharaohs justify a full day.Plan the visit
MonumentMole AntonellianaTurin's 167-meter spire, National Cinema Museum, glass elevator, synagogue that outgrew itselfBegun 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.
Duomo di TorinoTurin CathedralHome of the Holy Shroud, Renaissance facade, rare public exhibitions, Roman theatre remains besideTurin's only Renaissance church keeps the city's most disputed treasure, the Shroud, in a side chapel most of the time sealed. Its rare public exhibitions still draw millions to this quiet white facade.
Basilica di SupergaBasilica of SupergaJuvarra's hilltop dome, Savoy royal tombs, rack tramway ascent, Grande Torino memorialJuvarra set this domed basilica on Superga's summit to honor a vow made during the 1706 siege, and the Savoys chose its crypt for their tombs. The hill is also sacred to football, where the Grande Torino team perished in 1949.
Palazzo Reale di TorinoUNESCORoyal Palace of TurinSavoy seat of power, Royal Armoury, Chapel of the Holy Shroud, Royal GardensThe Savoys ruled from this palace for three centuries and filled it with one of Europe's great armouries. Guarini's spiraling Chapel of the Holy Shroud, restored after its 1997 fire, reopens directly off the gallery.
PalaceUNESCOPalazzo MadamaRoman gate to Baroque facade, Juvarra's staircase, Civic Museum of Ancient Art, two royal madamsPalazzo Madama is Turin's history in section: a Roman gate, a medieval castle and Juvarra's Baroque facade share one building. Inside, the civic collection runs from Gothic ivories to Antonello da Messina's unforgettable portrait.
Abbazia di Santa Maria di VezzolanoHidden GemVezzolano AbbeyA Romanesque-Gothic abbey completed around 1189 near Albugnano, state-managed since 2014 and functioning as a visitable monument with a permanent exhibition in its chapter house, ranked among the most important medieval monuments of Piedmont yet far off the typical tourist path.
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IvreaUNESCOIvrea, industrial city of the 20th centuryOlivetti; twentieth-century industrial architecture; administration and social-service buildings; housing; Movimento Comunità
StresaIsola BellaBorromeo palace island, ten-terraced Baroque garden, white peacocks, Lake Maggiore showpiece
Sant'Ambrogio di TorinoSacra di San MicheleAbbey on Mount Pirchiriano, Stairway of the Dead, symbol of Piedmont, Umberto Eco inspiration
BaroloUNESCOLanghe VineyardsBarolo and Barbaresco crus, hazelnut groves, hilltop castles, autumn fog and truffles
Venaria RealeUNESCORoyal Palace of VenariaJuvarra's Great Gallery, Sant'Uberto chapel, restored Savoy gardens, UNESCO Savoy residence
Orta San GiulioIsola San GiulioIsland basilica of San Giulio, way of silence path, Benedictine nuns, Lake Orta stillness
VaralloUNESCOSacro Monte di VaralloNew Jerusalem of 1491, forty-five chapels, Gaudenzio Ferrari figures, oldest sacred mountain
AstiAsti CathedralPiedmont's grandest Gothic, frescoed interior complete, Romanesque campanile, red-brick bulk