Description
Piazza Solferino is one of the great squares in the center of Turin, long and narrow between Via Pietro Micca, Via Cernaia and Via Santa Teresa, where Corso Re Umberto begins. Among flowerbeds and 19th-century and Art Nouveau buildings, it gathers a monumental fountain and statues of Risorgimento heroes.
In the middle is the Fontana Angelica by Giovanni Riva, from 1930: four large bronze groups representing the seasons, with the twelve signs of the zodiac in the basin. Not far off, the equestrian statue of Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa, with his sword drawn, beside his wounded horse. On one side of the square is the Teatro Alfieri.
The fountain bears the name of the mother of the diplomat Paolo Bajnotti, who paid for it with a bequest and wanted it in front of the Cathedral. The square's name recalls the Battle of Solferino in 1859. And in a café on the corner of Via Botero, in 1906, Torino football club was born.
In the middle is the Fontana Angelica by Giovanni Riva, from 1930: four large bronze groups representing the seasons, with the twelve signs of the zodiac in the basin. Not far off, the equestrian statue of Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa, with his sword drawn, beside his wounded horse. On one side of the square is the Teatro Alfieri.
The fountain bears the name of the mother of the diplomat Paolo Bajnotti, who paid for it with a bequest and wanted it in front of the Cathedral. The square's name recalls the Battle of Solferino in 1859. And in a café on the corner of Via Botero, in 1906, Torino football club was born.