Piazza Solferino

Why go

Come for Fontana Angelica’s four seasonal figures and then look around the square. The equestrian monument, Teatro Alfieri frontage and Torre Solferino give the space more range than a single monument stop, and each is easy to see on a central walk.

What to look for

• Fontana Angelica’s four figure groups represent the seasons.
• An equestrian monument honours Ferdinando di Savoia-Genova.
• The Teatro Alfieri frontage and Torre Solferino show contrasting building periods.

The full story

The square began as an irregular market area near the edge of nineteenth-century Turin. Carlo Promis’s mid-century plan gave it a more formal shape, later enriched by monuments, planting and the Teatro Alfieri. Its name recalls the 1859 Battle of Solferino, an episode in the Italian wars of independence. The equestrian statue of Ferdinando di Savoia-Genova arrived in the later nineteenth century, and Giovanni Riva’s Fontana Angelica followed in 1930 with four groups symbolising the seasons. Another change came after wartime bombing: the tall Torre Solferino replaced a damaged corner building in the 1950s. Walking around the square rather than looking only at the fountain makes those layers visible. An old market ground became a formal civic space and then absorbed a markedly modern addition.

Useful to know

• Circle Fontana Angelica to see all four groups of figures.
• Continue along Via Pietro Micca for San Tommaso and Palazzo Bellia.

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