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The buildings in Piazza Vittorio Veneto, one of the largest squares in Europe

The colonnade and Piazza Vittorio Veneto, designed by the architect Giuseppe Frizzi and completed in 1825

The large Piazza Vittorio Veneto, designed by the architect Giuseppe Frizzi, with an Empire-style street lamp featuring cornucopia-shaped arms on the right

Piazza Vittorio Veneto, completed in 1825, with an Empire-style street lamp from the 1960s on the left

The Umberto I Bridge spanning the River Po, designed by Vincenzo Micheli and Enrico Ristori, was opened in 1907

The Vittorio Emanuele I Bridge and GTT’s No. 13 tram (type 2800 – Series 2)

A venue on the banks of the River Po

The Murazzi embankments running alongside the River Po, built in the 19th century

The square and church of the Gran Madre di Dio, preceded by a ten-columned pronaos, designed by the architect Ferdinando Bonsignore and inaugurated in 1831

The raised church of the Gran Madre di Dio, in the Neoclassical style, with the statue of Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy on the left

View of the Vittorio Emanuele I Bridge and the spacious Piazza Vittorio Veneto

Statue depicting Faith holding the Holy Grail in Piazza della Gran Madre di Dio, sculpted by Carlo Chelli from Carrara

Statue depicting the allegory of Religion with the cross, situated in Piazza della Gran Madre di Dio, by Carlo Chelli

The allegory of Faith, holding a chalice in her left hand, a statue sculpted by Carlo Chelli in the 19th century, situated to the left of the Church of the Gran Madre di Dio

The statue of Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy in Piazza della Gran Madre di Dio, seen from the rear, and the Vittorio Emanuele I Bridge overlooking Piazza Vittorio Veneto

Piazza della Gran Madre di Dio with the statue of Religion (left), the statue of Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy (right) and, in the background, Piazza Vittorio Veneto

The 19th-century buildings with their arcades in Piazza Vittorio Veneto, with the spire of the Mole Antonelliana in the background

The Vittorio Emanuele I Bridge over the River Po, completed in 1813, with the Church of the Gran Madre di Dio in the background

The statue of Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy, by the Genoese sculptor Giuseppe Gaggini, in Piazza della Gran Madre di Dio

Piazza Vittorio Veneto, with the spire of the Mole Antonelliana in the background – which was damaged and subsequently rebuilt following the storm of 23 May 1953

Piazza Vittorio Veneto and the City Sightseeing Italy tourist bus

The bell tower, built in 1934, and the Baroque façade of the Church of the Santissima Annunziata in Via Sant’Ottavio

The façade of the Church of the Santissima Annunziata in Via Po, designed by engineer Giuseppe Gallo and completed in the early 1900s

Palazzo Nuovo, University of Turin (Unito) in Via Sant’Ottavio, built in the 1960s to a design by the architects Domenico Morelli, Felice Bardelli, Gino Levi-Montalcini and Sergio Hutter

The Mole Antonelliana in Via Montebello, 167.50 m high and a symbol of the city, designed by Alessandro Antonelli

The two storeys of the small temple of the Mole Antonelliana, built in the Neoclassical style and surrounded by Corinthian columns

The entrance pronaos of the Mole Antonelliana, supported by classical-style square columns, in Via Montebello

The majestic Mole Antonelliana on Via Montebello, which blends Neoclassical and Gothic styles, and is also home to the Cinema Museum

A wooden cross-section model of the Mole Antonelliana in the historical hall of the National Cinema Museum in Turin

The colonnade of the small temple at the Mole Antonelliana, accessible via a panoramic lift

The Church of the Santissima Annunziata, seen from the top of the Mole Antonelliana, rebuilt between 1919 and 1934

The Church of the Gran Madre di Dio, seen from the top of the Mole Antonelliana, built to honour the return of King Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy following Napoleon’s defeat in 1814

Panoramic view of the city and province of Turin, seen from the top of the Mole Antonelliana

The Mole Antonelliana, designed by the architect Alessandro Antonelli and inaugurated on 10 April 1889

The 12-pointed three-dimensional star and the spire of the Mole Antonelliana, re-erected in 1955 after they had fallen

The large pedestal, made of Baveno granite, of the monument to Cavour in Piazza Carlo Emanuele II (Piazza Carlina), featuring bronze bas-reliefs and statues of allegorical figures

Piazza Carlo Emanuele II and the monument to Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, with the allegory of Italy kneeling at his feet, by the sculptor Giovanni Duprè

The equestrian statue dedicated to Carlo Alberto of Savoy, King of Sardinia, sculpted by Carlo Marocchetti, in Piazza Carlo Alberto

The equestrian statue of Carlo Alberto, created in 1861 by Carlo Marocchetti, and the National University Library

The National University Library in Piazza Carlo Alberto, rebuilt after the 1950s

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