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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Turin

19 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Turin, Italy

Updated February 18, 2025

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Turin, Italy

Cesare Lombroso's Museum of Criminal Anthropology

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.
An alley in Turin’s fake medieval village.

Turin, Italy

Medieval Village

A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.
Recreating the famous scene!

Turin, Italy

Fiat Lingotto Factory

Now an entertainment complex, the Lingotto building was once an avant-garde auto factory with a test track on the roof.
Dome of San Lorenzo.

Turin, Italy

The Dome of San Lorenzo

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

Turin, Italy

Sate & Sake

The only Malaysian food truck in Italy slings tangy chicken satay that even Italians love.
Shabti figurines in the museum

Turin, Italy

Egyptian Museum of Turin

One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.
The slice of polenta, head-on

Turin, Italy

Fetta di Polenta

When this funny little building went up in the 19th century, most people thought it would simply fall over.
Plana’s Perpetual Calendar.

Turin, Italy

Plana's Perpetual Calendar

A landmark in the history of technology and computing is hidden in a tiny Baroque chapel.
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Stories About Turin

The neuroscientist’s brain is brownish and small, but is otherwise virtually unchanged from the 1800s.

A Man in 19th-Century Italy Preserved His Own Brain to Fight Eugenics

Visit Turin to see the organ—and learn how to preserve your own.
by Dania Rodrigues
February 18, 2025
The Shroud of Turin, currently housed in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, was first shown publicly in the 14th century.

What Is the Shroud of Turin and Why Is It Controversial?

The centuries-old cloth has a long history of stoking both faith and skepticism.
by Eric Vanden Eykel
September 3, 2024
For more than a decade, opera singer Daria Spada (center) and punk guitarist Maksim Cristan (far left)  have performed free weekly concerts on their apartment balcony in Turin, Italy.

How an Apartment Balcony Became One of Italy's Best-Known Stages

Nothing—not city fines, a pandemic, or home renovations—can stop the music.
by Simone Lai
January 20, 2022
A mockup of the ExoMars rover rolls off its landing platform at the Rover Operational Control Centre near Turin, Italy. The facility is designed to simulate what conditions will be like on Mars when the actual rover, named Rosalind Franklin, arrives in 2022.

Europe's New Mars Yard Is Like a Playground for Planetary Engineers

Thanks, in part, to 150 tons of soil belched out by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago.
by A. J. Oliveira
July 8, 2020
Sate & Sake, opened two years ago, is quite likely the only Malaysian food truck in Italy.

Italy's Only Malaysian Food Truck Draws an Unlikely Crowd: Italians

Justin Yip's satay is winning over nationalistic eaters.
by Luke Fater
October 17, 2019
Faux produce on display at Turin’s Fruit Museum.

When Royalty, Scientists, and Gardeners All Wanted Fake Fruit

One collection of fake produce is a reminder of both ingenuity and loss.
by Vittoria Traverso
August 30, 2019
The Perpetual Calendar tracks 4,000 years with nine rolls and a hand-operated crank.

This Perpetual Calendar Hidden in an Italian Chapel Is a Mathematical Marvel

The 19th-century device accurately tracks 4,000 years with nine cylinders and a crank.
by A. J. Oliveira
February 22, 2019
This fragment of a mummy mask from the Egyptian Museum in Turin shows a mummification scene, dating to between 332 B.C. and 30 B.C. New research suggests that deliberate mummification rituals date back thousands of years further.

Found: A Mummification Recipe From Prehistoric Egypt

New research shows ancient embalmers were using resins and gums far earlier than we thought.
by Jessica Leigh Hester
August 16, 2018

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