Pinerolo

城市概覽

The oldest part of the town stands on the slopes of the hill of San Maurizio, where the remains of the Citadel (445 m) are located, while to the south and east, on the plain, the modern residential and industrial districts have developed, up to the course of the Lemina and beyond. Even today it is possible to identify the layout of the walls , of ancient origin and reinforced several times until the intervention of Vauban in 1670 .

History Pinerolo was first mentioned an imperial diplom dating from 981, by which Otto II confirmed its possession, within the March of Turin, to the Bishops of Turin. The town of Pinerolo was one of the main crossroads in Italy, and was therefore one of the principal fortresses of the dukes of Savoy. The fortress of Fenestrelle is nearby. France controlled Pinerolo from 1536 to 1574, and again from 1631 to 1696.

如何抵達

It is 40 km southwest of Turin. The Turin-Pinerolo railway line has the Pinerolo station and the Pinerolo Olimpica stop. Pinerolo is connected to Turin by a motorway, the A55 or Pinerolese motorway, and by the provincial road 23 of Colle del Sestriere and the state road 589 of the Avigliana Lakes, which, passing alongside Pinerolo, continues to Cuneo.

必看景點

1 Pinerolo Cathedral (Duomo di Pinerolo, Cathedral of St. Donatus). A 9th-century Roman Catholic church with a Romanesque bell tower and a Gothic façade (restored after the 1808 earthquake). Inside, it preserves Gothic holy water stoups and the choir, a pulpit and a wooden lectern, carved in the 17th century. The bell tower, dating back to 1425, was a Civic Tower in the Middle Ages; it remained unfinished. (updated Nov 2024) Galup factory, which is famous for the local sweets and cake Historic Museum of Mutual Help (Museo Storico del Mutuo Soccorso). The first society of mutual help was founded in Pinerolo in 1848. Today, it is still active and also hosts a museum, with historic archives and a library. (updated Nov 2024)

2 Historical Museum of the Cavalry (Museo storico dell'Arma di cavalleria), Principe Amedeo barracks, Viale Giovanni Giolitti, 5. Tu-Th 09:00-12:00, 13:30-16:30; Sa Su 10:00-12:00, 14:00-18:00. One of the most important museums in Europe dedicated to the cavalry. (updated Nov 2024) Piazza Vittorio Veneto (better known as "Piazza Fontana"): is the central meeting point of the Pinerolo people; designed in 1738, it was built by levelling the ditches in front of the seventeenth-century walls. This vast area was the town's parade ground until 1830, one of the largest in Italy; today it is home to the weekly markets (Wednesday and Saturday). Inside there is a fountain with a single-block basin in Malanaggio stone and the marble statue dedicated to General Filippo Brignone (1879). Palazzo del Comune: overlooking the north side of Piazza Vittorio Veneto. It was built as the arsenal of the city fortress. During the years of fascism its façade was renovated and the civic tower was built. The Alliaudi Municipal Library has over 100,000 volumes, manuscripts , incunabula and a precious collection of rare books. Palazzo Vittone: it is located on the east side of the same square. It was commissioned by King Carlo Emanuele III of Savoy to house the Hospice of the

體驗活動

Every other year, in October, the historical re-enactment of the Iron Mask takes place in Pinerolo , one of the city's major events. Legend has it that the mysterious historical figure resided in the citadel of Pinerolo; on the hill of San Maurizio there is a small monument dedicated to this legend.