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Turin Travel Guide

Turin is a major city as well as a business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It was the first capital of modern Italy, and the host of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. The city is the headquarter of the automobile giants Fiat and also the European capital of Baroque.

About Turin

Turin covers an area of 50 sq. miles (130.2 square Km) and is estimated to have a population of 1 million people being the 4th largest city in Italy. Turin is the capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the right bank of the Po River.

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Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano

Via Accademia delle Scienze 5
Turin 10123 Italy

+39 11 562 1147

Open Hours9a-7p Tu-Sa, 9a-1p Su

 

m5.jpgThe museum occupies the first floor of Palazzo Carignano, a baroque building commissioned by Emamuele Filiberto of Savoy Carignano in 1679 and completed between 1864 and 1872. In 30 rooms the story of national unification and the Risorgimento is reconstructed. Look out for the room where the first Italian parliament was held and the studio of Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour.

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