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The museum Museo Civico Pietro Micca is dedicated to the siege of Turin in 1706 and to the historical figure of Pietro Micca. The building is connected to the underlying contrace tunnel system. The museum displays relics, photographs, films and models illustrating the city's defense systems and the military events of the siege of Turin in 1706, as well as the historical events that occurred before and during the Spanish succession war (1700-1713). From the exhibition rooms you can access the system of galleries of contromina of about 400 meters, which develop at 6 and 14 meters below the city floor.
From 1913 to today. A long story ours, handed down from father to son, made of experience, study, research, artistic sensitivity, passion for beauty. The reproduction of the classic piece of furniture has always been our intent to build every single piece, destined to last over time and capable of the most free combinations, in compliance with the artisan tradition of Brianza. The work done with the use of solid wood, the manual carving made by skilled artisans, the spring padding, the careful choice of fabrics are the unmistakable signs of each. exemplary.
Palazzo Madama and Casaforte degli Acaja is an architectural and historical complex located in the central Piazza Castello in Turin. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as part of the Sabaude Residences serial site. A visit to Palazzo Madama is an evocative journey through time: from the foundations of the Roman age to the medieval towers, up to the baroque triumph of the Juvarra staircase.
Thanks to its strategic position near the Via Gallica, the hill of Rivoli has been inhabited by humans at least since Roman times. A fortified building, the “Castrum Riuollum,” is first mentioned in 1159. The earliest illustration, dating to 1609, shows a central tower surrounded by constructions of varying sizes, while along the foothills a garden softens the complex’s military appearance. The property of the Bishops of Turin, the Castello became part of the Savoy dominion in 1247 and remained so until 1883, the year in which it was sold to the City of Rivoli. In 1350 it was selected as the setting for the marriage of Bianca of Savoy to Galeazzo Visconti. When Emanuele Filiberto chose Turin as the new capital of the Duchy, he settled in Rivoli with his court; his heir, Carlo Emanuele, was born at the Castello on January 12, 1559, under the care and guidance of Nostradamus, who had been invited to follow the pregnancy of the Duchess Margherita of Valois. The new duke, Carlo Emanuele I, entrusted the Castellamonte architects Francesco Paciotto and Domenico Ponsello – father and son – to transform the medieval manor into a leisure residence, as illustrated on the two boards of the Theatrum Sabaudiae (Savoy Theatre), a celebration through images of the city, the fortresses, the residences and all the beauties of the Duchy. Here we see for the first time the Manica Lunga, a building designed to house the picture gallery of Carlo Emanuele I, joined to the castle by four tall towers, and the church dedicated to San Carlo Borromeo, which was never actually built. The work was completed in 1670. By this time the Castello had already hosted important events, such as the birthday celebrations of Christine of France, the second Madama Reale, held on February 10, 1645. The only hall that has survived from that period, after the French troops of Marshall Catinat burned down and destroyed most of the building in 1690 and 1693, is the room of Amedeo VIII on the second floor. Seeing the building burn from Turin, the young duke Vittorio Amedeo II promised himself that he would rebuild and make even more beautiful the residence that has always been so connected to the history of his family and which he greatly loved. In fact, it was from Rivoli that he announced his rise to the throne in 1730. In August 1979, restoration work on the Castello alone began, and would last until 1984, when it opened its doors as the Museum of Contemporary Art. This work took into account its entire past, respecting its architecture, but with modern additions like the elevator, the suspended staircase, the platform on the late 1700s vault, and the panoramic area on the third floor. From 1984 to 1986, Andrea Bruno began working on the Manica Lunga, but unfortunately a lack of funds closed down the site, which reopened only in 1996. It was in February 2000 that the building, first born to host Carlo Emanuele I’s picture gallery, refound its age-old splendor. The structure was maintained with the inclusion of the vault’s overturned hull-shaped steel cover and the steel and glass stairs joining the 17th-century structure. The large windows light up the rooms of the cafeteria, which has also become a treasure trove of works from the collection, and of other Museum services. Even the contemporaneity of the small parallel section that hosts the one-Michelin star restaurant Combal.Zero dialogues with the past, as do all elements of the Castello di Rivoli.
Palazzo Pitti è stata la residenza del Granducato di Toscana, già abitata dai Medici, dagli Asburgo-Lorena e, dopo l'Unità d'Italia, dai Savoia.Al suo interno è ospitato un complesso museale composto da gallerie e musei di diversa natura: la Galleria Palatina (la galleria d'arte conserva capolavori di Raffaello, Tiziano, ecc.) sistemata secondo il criterio della quadreria settecentesca, gli Appartamenti Reali, l'Appartamento della Duchessa d'Aosta e il Quartiere del Principe di Napoli (ordinariamente non visitabili dai turisti), la Galleria d'arte moderna (con le opere dei macchiaioli) e altri musei specializzati.
The Boboli Gardens is a historical park in the city of Florence. Born as the grand-ducal garden of Palazzo Pitti, it is also connected to the Forte di Belvedere, a military outpost for the safety of the sovereign and his family. The garden, which welcomes over 800,000 visitors every year, is one of the most important examples of Italian garden in the world and is a veritable open-air museum, for the architectural-landscape setting and for the collection of sculptures, which ranging from Roman antiquities to the twentieth century. The Boboli Gardens is one of the most famous gardens on the peninsula.
The museum of the Uffizi Gallery, constitutes for quantity and quality of the works collected one of the most important museums in the world. It contains the most important existing collection of Raffaello and Botticelli, as well as fundamental groups of works by Giotto, Tiziano, Veronese, Tintoretto, Pontormo, Bronzino, Caravaggio, Dürer, Rubens and others. Inside are housed some of the greatest masterpieces of humanity: Cimabue, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Mantegna, Titian, Parmigianino, Dürer, Rubens, Rembrandt, Canaletto and Sandro Botticelli.
Nel 2009, a cento anni dalla morte di Cesare Lombroso, fondatore dell’antropologia criminale, si è riallestito il “suo” museo, unico al mondo. Le collezioni comprendono preparati anatomici, disegni, fotografie, corpi di reato, scritti e produzioni artigianali e artistiche, anche di pregio, realizzate da internati nei manicomi e da carcerati. Il nuovo allestimento vuole fornire al visitatore gli strumenti concettuali per comprendere come e perché questo personaggio così controverso formulò la teoria dell’atavismo criminale e quali furono gli errori di metodo scientifico che lo portarono a fondare una scienza poi risultata errata.
The National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento is the largest exhibition space in Italian history, the oldest and most important museum dedicated to the Italian Risorgimento. The museum, which was completely re-opened and reopened in 2011, dates back to 1878, when Turin, following the transfer of the capital, wanted to underline its contribution to the process of national unification. The National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento has been profoundly renewed, and today offers visitors outstanding displays and services in Palazzo Carignano where the collections are housed. Lighting and room colours, the choice of which is always based on the themes in question, and the use of multimedia aids guarantee visitors a unique experience. The period of the Risorgimento is now recounted from a European viewpoint as well as through the eyes of Turin, Piedmont and Italy. The rooms have been enriched with films created with images from the most important European collections and can be viewed on large screens, while extensive interactive displays help visitors to examine the themes presented in the films in greater depth.
L'architettura industriale delle OGR Officine Grandi Riparazioni, oggi posizionata nel cuore di Torino - in corso Castelfidardo, a pochi metri da Porta Susa e a 50 minuti da Milano con l'alta velocità- ospiterà, in continua rotazione, mostre, spettacoli, concerti - dalla musica classica a quella elettronica - eventi di teatro, danza e arti performative, laboratori, start up, imprese innovative - dai Big Data al gaming - unendo le idee e i valori della creatività con gli strumenti e i linguaggi delle nuove tecnologie digitali.
The Royal Palace of Turin is the first and most important of the Savoy residences in Piedmont, theater of the Savoy kingdom for at least three centuries. Official residence of the Savoy until 1865, formerly Palazzo del Vescovo, it was transformed by Ascanio Vitozzi (1584) for Carlo Emanuele I and subsequently enlarged and renovated with an uninterrupted series of interventions in which the major architects and artists working in Turin took part in the 18th century and nineteenth century.
Inaugurated in 2002 on the top floor of the Lingotto complex, the pinacoteca collects a selection of works from the private collection of Gianni and Marella Agnelli. The collection is housed in the "casket", a steel body with a surface of 450 square meters raised to 34 meters from the test track on the roof of the plant. The structure is the work of the architect Renzo Piano. The architectural style represents a starship of crystals that symbolically recalls the futurist style of the original factory. In addition to the permanent collection, the museum periodically hosts temporary exhibitions of modern art.
Superga, Soperga in Piedmont, is one of the highest hills (672 m asl) of Torino, which rises east of the city center, on which the basilica of the same name is built .The Basilica is dedicated to the Madonna delle Grazie, whose wooden statue is kept in the Chapel of the Vow. You can also reach it with the Sassi-Superga cog railway, about 3 km long, using the original wagons of 1884.
Villa della Regina, part of Turin muesums Complex, was commissioned by Cardinal Maurizio di Savoia, built according to a project by Ascanio Vitozzi at the beginning of the 17th century. It was restructured according to a project bVilla della Reginay Juvarra that in the first half of the eighteenth century paid particular attention to the villa in relation to the gardens. Reopened to the public after a careful restoration, it rediscovers the ancient splendor, scenographic backdrop of the city, in the center of the Italian gardens with pavilions, water games and agricultural areas that are once again productive. On the hills behind the villa, a famous vineyards produces red sapcial wine.
The rich exhibition Armeria Reale occupies three rooms connected to the hall of the Palazzo Reale halls: the Sala della Rotonda, so-called because the link between Palazzo Reale and Palazzo Madama, the magnificent Beaumont Gallery and the Medagliere, specially designed, were inserted here. from Pelagio Palagi to collect coins, medals and seals belonging to the Royal House.
At I mosaici di Lastrucci all mosaics are entirely produced in the according to the original techniques dating back to the 16th century, which highlight the natural colour of every stone. The tools used are of ancient origin; progress and technology have not been able to create suitable substitutes for them, because the original tools were crafted for recreating a sense of beauty that modern technology is unable to reproduce. All mosaics are entirely produced by the Masters Iacopo and Bruno Lastrucci.
Architect Alberto Brandinali of Studio Bipiuesse believes that pace is a precious good. In any context, we operate and at any scale, from the single environment to the building and in all the sectors that see us involved: private homes, residential buildings, social welfare facilities, private villas, public places. The aim of our work is to realize effective projects that are able to organize and transform the space in harmony with the needs of those who will use it and will live it. We believe that the project should have a lasting impact on people and the environment.
For 700 years, the Frescobaldi family has combined tradition, experience and innovation with creativity and the pursuit of excellence. The family has always looked to develop and celebrate the diversity of Tuscany’s terroir. Being proud owners of some of the greatest vineyards in this region they have always sought to maintain the identity and autonomy of each property. Frescobaldi represents the true diversity of Tuscany and its six estates, are all located in the most suitable areas for the production of fine wines. Donna Bona Frescobaldi is the continuation of all this with charm, intelligence and care for the traditions and art.
CAM Carlo Arborio Mella Arts Consulting, founded in 2013, operates in the world of the arts with particular reference to cultured music and fine arts. Its activities, including Florence, Milan and Turin, range from the training sector to the 2.0 communication sector, to the enhancement and development of the Italian musical heritage together with the enucleation of new musical paths linked to cultural heritage.
Advancing Women Artists closed its doors on June 30, 2021. Although the organization is no longer operative, the website will remain accessible as a digital archive and a resource for those interested in research, restoration and exhibition of art by women in Florence. By giving a voice to historic women artists, AWA Advancing Woman Artists rescues and reclaims the ‘hidden half’ of Florence’s art. Women world-wide band together to support art and conservation. Myriad paintings and sculptures by ground-breaking women artists have been overlooked for centuries, and many works are currently in need of restoration.
Man, his needs and his well-being are at the centre of design for Architect Nadia Battaglio. Designing spaces means pre-seeing the future by investigating the possible ways to exploit them and live them: feel the air, the light and the scents that come from the windows, the heat that will emanate in a fireplace, the colours and fabrics that will animate the walls....means having an overview. The architecture of a house is similar to a dress, it must be tailor-made for the person who will live it.
Architects Studio 10 is our will to do normally human projects, the result of uncommon reflections on common feelings. Our goal is to convey the understanding that a better project can lead to a better life through a design able to calm the mind and cause pleasure, while maintaining the ability to increase the value of the investment. The partnership between Roberto Baccioni and Simona Bianchi began with the design of museum displays and with the renovation of luxury homes.Currently, among other clients, they are restoring palaces in Italy for Gucci Brand and family.
The exhibition Artigianato e Palazzo artisan workshops and their commissions, now in its 25th edition to be held at the Corsini Garden in Florence, was founded in 1995, from an idea by Neri Torrigiani and promoted by the princess Giorgiana Corsini, mainly to re-evaluate the figure of the artisan and his work to the present day, considering it a high expression of quality and technique, linked to the client, but insisting on the idea of a "modern" handicraft, without forgetting the fundamental element of tradition. And speaking of "artifact" (from the Latin "manu facere": doing with the hands), the exhibitors of ARTIGIANATO E PALAZZO have always been called aloud to show live the various processing techniques in which they excel. Along the exhibition itinerary, the visitor is led to discover how the craftsman manually creates the product by making it live in small workshops reconstructed in the Garden and in the Limonaie. La mostra Le botteghe artigiane Artigianato e Palazzo e le loro committenti, giunta alla sua 25° edizione al Giardino Corsini di Firenze, nasce nel 1995, da un'idea di Neri Torrigiani e promossa dalla principessa Giorgiana Corsini, principalmente per rivalutare la figura dell'artigiano e il suo lavoro fino ai giorni nostri, considerandolo un'alta espressione di qualità e tecnica, legata al cliente, ma insistendo sull'idea di un artigianato "moderno", senza dimenticare l'elemento fondamentale della tradizione. E a proposito di "manufatto" (dal latino "manu facere": fare con le mani), gli espositori di ARTIGIANATO E PALAZZO sono sempre stati chiamati ad alta voce per mostrare dal vivo le varie tecniche di lavorazione in cui eccellono. Lungo il percorso espositivo, il visitatore è portato a scoprire come l'artigiano crea manualmente il prodotto facendolo vivere in piccole botteghe ricostruite nell'Orto e nelle Limonaie.
Elisabetta Marongiu is an Architect specializing in conservation and restoration of heritage at the Turin Polytechnic, she divides her work between Turin and Basel. Born as a restoration technician, she develops her professional skills on-the-job site by acquiring skills in managing and scheduling work. Passionate about painting, music and photography, she loves art in all its forms. "To achieve great things, we must not only act but also dream; not only to design but also to believe“ Anatole France.
Dopo il conseguimento della maturità classica frequenta la facoltà di architettura, orientando la sua formazione all'approfondimento della storia e delle metodologie di restauro degli edifici di rilevante interesse storico e artistico. Laureatasi con il massimo dei voti e lode, apre il proprio studio portando avanti parallelamente l'attività didattica nel corso di Storia dell'Architettura tenuto dal Prof. F. Borsi, presso la Facoltà di Architettura di Firenze. Dal 1990 al 2008 opera attivamente all'interno dell'ADSI, Associazione Dimore Storiche Italiane, prima come rappresentante della sezione giovanile per la Toscana, in seguito come membro del consiglio nazionale. Discendente di una delle nobili famiglie del vino italiano, sin dall'inizio della sua carriera si dedica alla progettazione di cantine e di spazi dedicati al vino, divenendo in tal senso uno dei progettisti più proliferi ed innovativi in Italia. Lo studio nato a Firenze nel 1993 si occupa di progetti a diversa scala intervenendo prevalentemente su edifici monumentali, nel pieno rispetto delle radici storiche delle preesistenze con attenzione alle necessità degli stili di vita contemporanei. Un team di professionisti sviluppa i progetti in ogni dettaglio partendo dal restauro delle preesistenze per reinventare spazi nuovi interamente disegnati - dai complementi d'arredo fino agli interventi paesaggistici - con particolare attenzione al recupero delle tecnologie e dei materiali locali. Negli anni lo studio ha maturato una notevole esperienza nella realizzazione di cantine vinicole, proponendo soluzioni innovative ed eco-compatibili che coniugano le esigenze funzionali e produttive con l'estetica architettonica locale ed il paesaggio circostante. After the attainment of the classical maturity he attended the faculty of architecture, directing his training to the deepening of the history and methods of restoration of buildings of significant historical and artistic interest. She graduated with full marks and honors, she opens her own studio carrying out the teaching activity in the course of History of Architecture held by Prof. F. Borsi, at the Faculty of Architecture in Florence. From 1990 to 2008 she actively worked within ADSI, the Italian Historic Houses Association, first as a representative of the youth section for Tuscany, then as a member of the national council. Descendant of one of the noble families of Italian wine, from the beginning of his career he devoted himself to the design of cellars and spaces dedicated to wine, thus becoming one of the most prolific and innovative designers in Italy. The studio born in Florence in 1993 deals with projects at different scales, mainly intervening on monumental buildings, in full respect of the historical roots of the pre-existing structures with attention to the needs of contemporary lifestyles. A team of professionals develops the projects in every detail starting from the restoration of pre-existing structures to reinvent entirely designed new spaces - from furnishing accessories to landscaping - with particular attention to the recovery of local technologies and materials. Over the years the studio has gained considerable experience in the construction of wine cellars, proposing innovative and eco-compatible solutions that combine functional and production needs with the local architectural aesthetics and the surrounding landscape.
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