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Let's imagine for a moment Turin at the end of the 19th
century: its railing houses, cobbled streets, artisan shops.
Well, travelling through time seems possible, as there is a
place in Turin where the clock seems to have stopped: we
are referring to Borgo Vecchio del Campidoglio. Historical
working-class quarter built from 1853 on the fields owned by
the Doglio family, this area has preserved over time much of
its nineteenth-century appearance, so much so that it is still
described as sort of a town within the city.
The mural made by Gianluca Nibbi - courtesy Museo d'Arte Urbana (photo
by F. Mereu)
However, the old quarter enclosed between corso Svizzera
and corso Tassoni not only preserves a significant past but
also cultivates a sparkling present, as it has become in
recent years a real open-air museum, establishing itself as
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