Piazza Carlo Felice

Why go

Pause here if you want to get your bearings after arriving by rail. The semicircular northern edge draws the eye into Via Roma, while the enclosed garden offers a different scale from the station and the broad road at its southern side.

What to look for

• Sambuy Garden occupies the centre of the square.
• A semicircular arcaded edge leads into Via Roma.
• The station facade closes the view across the square.

The full story

The square took shape in the nineteenth century as Turin expanded southward and developed its railway arrival. Named for Carlo Felice of Savoy, it was laid out in 1861 and framed by arcaded buildings that join the Via Roma axis at a curved northern end. Sambuy Garden sits in the middle. Its formal paths, trees and monuments soften the transition between the bustle of Porta Nuova and the commercial street beyond. This arrangement is easiest to read from the station side: the garden interrupts the open square, the porticoes hold its edges, and the curve points north. Piazza Carlo Felice is therefore more than a forecourt. It prepares a visitor for the sequence of arcaded streets and planned squares that structures central Turin.

Useful to know

• Use the square to orient yourself before walking north along Via Roma.
• Treat Sambuy Garden as a separate enclosed space; check its entrance if you plan to go inside.

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