1st Day: Turin – Seventh of Turin (26 km)
Turin, an
aristocratic city, but visited by poets and writers.
In the morning
a literary walk: from the German poet-philosopher Nietzeche, who lived several
years in the city and had exactly here the first signs of his madness, before
the Torquato Tasso who has stayed in the palace which the Este family have had
in the city.
Discovering
places where writers and poets have set their operas like Edmondo de Amicis in
his book Cuore or Umberto Eco in the II Cimitero fi Praga.
In the
afternoon a visit of the Manufacturing Aurora where are produced the fountain
pens with the last stage in the Museum of the Writing.
Curiosity: During the tour we can observe the house where, it is been told,
Friedrich Nietzche became mad; let yourself be surprised by the ex Grand Hotel
Europe, where happened the love story of Balzac and admire the Carignano
Theater, a place of debut for hundreds of masterpieces. - Torquato Tasso in Turin was welcomed by the marches Filippo d’Este and
enjoyed a peaceful period which has given him an opportunity to compose poetry
and initialize three dialogues, the Nobility, the Dignity and the Priority. - c/o Manufacturing Aurora can be observed from close the few fazes of
production: the projection, the printing, the working of the metallic parts,
the washing and the polishing. Until discover the heart of the instrument, the
nib. Finally the last fazes: the montage and the test. Proceeding the tour in
the Museum of Writing (1 hour of duration).
2nd Day: Turin – Avigliana and Susa (28 km)
A day
dedicated to Avigliana and Susa to understand the reason why Valsusa included
between her children, natural and no, a so big number of artists. Writers and
poets, painters, musicians, sculptors and ceramic men, directors of movies from
recognized value such as: Primo Levi, Luigi Angelino, Ponto Giuseppe…
Is it a matter
of air? Maybe…
Here we can
admire and enjoy a splendid natural park with so many trails, routes and
antique lakes. In fact the historic center of Avigliana offers many attractions
to see like the medieval Castle, the Clock’s Tower and one church in gothic
style.
Curiosity: Primo Levi in Avigliana found job and love. Here he wrote his most
famous opera: “Se questo è un uomo”, a text that became a classic of the global
literature.
Included between the traditional agribusiness products of Piedmont and
recognized like Slow Food, the toma of laitbrusc, called also white alpine, is
a cheese row cow typical of the Val di Susa. The Piedmont’s name means in
English “sour milk toma” and like a dish is often served together with polenta
and salami and is tasted with red wines full-bodied of its strong and decided
taste.
3rd Day: Turin, discovering the murals of
the Urban Art
Turin, a
opened sky museum realized in the Campidoglio village when artists from all
different countries have make a collection of examples of Urban Art creating an
unique and suggestive path.
The
Campidoglio village was born in 1853
like a working quart, and today still conserves its original structure which
makes of it a real “country in the city”. The project of the Museum of Urban
Art was born on 1955, from a project of urban requalification: not only the
Author’s Benches, there are also real operas realized on the building’s walls.
The path of
the urban art can be devoted in other zones of the city, where during the time
were created installations of contemporary art and street art.
Curiosity: More than 170 operas realized on walls of houses and squares, freely
visited. The route includes not only murals, but also the “Author’s Benches”.
You can reserve guided visits, in bikes and with artist - The collaboration with the citizens of the quart is fundamental to find
spaces where the operas live. There were created strong bounds with the many
cellars, wine shops and piolas from the quart, in which you can stop at the end
of the itinerary to taste typical products and local wines.