Sat in the northwest of Italy with the Alps providing a magnificent backdrop, Turin is a city of elegant architecture and grand squares. As the first-ever capital of a unified Italy, its royal past is ...

The Savoy family ruled for 900 years, eventually becoming kings of Italy—the last Savoy king, Vittorio Emanuele III, abdicated in 1945. Turin was severely bombed in World War II by Allied forces.

The capital of the Piedmont region is a place of understated elegance, a city of royal palaces and grand arcades that also ...

After Italy’s win last year, the Eurovision Song Content 2022 is taking place in Turin this month. The first semi-final was on Tuesday 10 May, the second semi-final is on Thursday 12 May and the ...

For Turin is a city of long, tree-lined avenues and Baroque magnificence – a city fit for kings. When I first came to live here in the late 1970s, Turin gave off a sense of lost grandeur. A new ...

But another amazing place in Italy that often gets overlooked is Turin. Known as Torino in Italian, the impressive city is the capital of the Piedmont region in the northwest (and was even the ...

Rodney Bolt offers a cultural guide to Turin, an unsung city that has fine art, architecture – and chocolate – in abundance. By Rodney Bolt 02 November 2010 • 10:35am ...

It helps when your hometown is as fascinating as his: Turin, Italy. “I was born here in 1984, and in all these years I have watched my city change,” Marco says.

After Italy’s win last year, the Eurovision Song Content 2022 is taking place in Turin this month. The first semi-final was on Tuesday 10 May, the second semi-final is on Thursday 12 May and the all ...