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Mole Antonelliana |
Mole Antonelliana: “a vertical dream.”
The Mole Antonelliana, Turin's landmark, is 167.5 meters in height - the tallest structure in all of Europe once. Begun in 1863 by the architect Alessandro Antonelli from Novara, the building was originally meant to be a synagogue but the Municipality of Torino bought it in 1878, under construction, and turned it into a monument to national unity. The building was completed in 1889, not by Antonelli (who died the year before at the age of ninety and worked until his end) but by his son Costanzo. In 1961, on the occasion of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the Unity of Italy, a panoramic lift was installed. Renovated in 1999 the lift now takes visitors up to the “small temple” and the extraordinary 360° view from its balcony over the city. There are no intermediate floors between the lift’s departure point at the 10 meter level and its arrival point, 85 meters higher up.
http://blog.turismotorino.org/utilities/ascensore-mole-antonelliana/
http://silvanadicristofano.blogspot.it/2014/07/la-mole-antonelliana-torino.html
http://silvanadicristofano.blogspot.it/2014/07/la-mole-antonelliana-torino.html
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http://blog.turismotorino.org/utilities/ascensore-mole-antonelliana/
http://silvanadicristofano.blogspot.it/2014/07/la-mole-antonelliana-torino.html
http://silvanadicristofano.blogspot.it/2014/07/la-mole-antonelliana-torino.html
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