Esoterika #2

All over the Europe started taking a defined form that culture after named "Celtic", meaning with this term not actually a big localized civilization, but a school of thought, an under several form expressed civilization, spread all over european territory.

As time went by, various and wide magic knowledge has been developed by the most prepared Celtic master and always  today's Turin meetings has been the main reference point.

In XV Century BC, the first shipping expedition sent form Egypt in north lands direction, landed on Ligurian coast.

Here Egyptian people met locals and traded with them. They also immediatly knew about the twice yearly meeting in future Turin's area: exactly the same costume they had in their own country.

In this way, Celtic and Egyptian magic exponents knew each other and a new incredibly reach and deep macig culture rose, from the melting of two ancient traditions, such diffrent under some aspect and such similar under some other. 

Many myths narrate about the meeting in the land on the feet of the mounts (Piedmont) between locals and Egytians, we'll see forward the legends about prince Eridano, that gave his name to the Po river (also named Heridanus).

Here we'll only say that Egyptian settlement on the Po river has been entrusted to Api god, and put under his protection: this is the first Turin's bull feature.

(To be continued...)

InTo San Salvario #2

What can we see having a walk on San Salvario streets...let's have a look!

Main gate of the city in ancient times, today we find here Porta Nuova railway station. 

It has been built on 1865 on Mazzucchetti & Ceppi's project. During the previous two Centuries Porta Nuova was actually a city gate: it has been built on 1620 on Amedeo di Castellamonte's project in oredr to celebrate Victor Amadeus I and Christine Marie of France marriage. All around the city gate there was only countryside and this condition lingered the half of the XIX Century.

Than Napoleon arrived and decided to destroy all the city walls and also Porta Nuova city gate. A few years later this area had gas light, the first Italian case, even if Italy still didn't exist!

In front of Porta Nuova, after Carlo Felice square via Roma takes place, direction Castello square, the very hearth of the city.

In San Salvario there are also different confession churches: on 23, Corso Vittorio you can find Valdese church and just a block after, the San Giovanni Evangelista church. The first was built in 1853, immediately after Charles Albert of Sardinina recognized the right to profess their own confession (1848) to Waldenses. It's a neo-gothic building, with a big rose window on the main side, high pinnacles and it has a nave and two aisles by the anglican style.

The second church is instead neo-romanic building and since 1998 it hosts the Philippine Catholic community and they celebrate in both tagalog and english language. 

Just on the first way you cross entering the borg, via San Pio V,  on the right side we find the big Sinagoga, jewish confession. In 1848 Charles Albert of Sardinia recognized also to the jewish the right to profess their religion and for this reason in1884 the Synagogue was inaugurated. This building has inside two more small Synagogues on a matrioska model. 

Many other curiosities are hidden in San Salvario's ways but we're gonna speak about it the next time!

Esoterika #1 How everything began...

The strong connection between Turin and the magic is everywhere well known and usually it is also abused and superficially treated.

The story we're gonna tell is a long and deep analysis developed by an archaeologist, Alessandra Luciano in her book "Turin magic misteries"edited by Horus. We'll try to narrate all the facts as clearly as possible. It's important to understand this isn't a scientific approach but every thesis exposed is supported by many evidences, even if not by a scientific.

So let's start from the beginning...!

How Turin has been founded

A long time ago, the Po river designed a path much more irregular than now and it allowed a synchronical outcrop - you'll find more about it after-written. In this particular area a small village took form and here magicians and ministers used to gather closeness to solstices in order to celebrate the summery and wintry solemn rituals.

This people met only during this two particular moments of the year and the area was considered forbidden during the rest of the time. 

The first buildings needed to be very strong in order to be usable next time six months after, so they made it of stone. And also the big square where rituals were officiated was stone made.

They also established this area would be a no war zone. Even if the different populations were fighting outside, they laid down their's arms and came here only in order to speak with the gods.

The meetings went on year after year and in the mean time the territory geologically changed. Also the inhabitants modified their habitudes and they started to live in a geographically stable way.

The reference point, however, remained for a long time that magical place that later would become Turin.

(To be coninued...)

InTo San Salvario #1

Starts today the long path trough all the most interesting and particular itineraries in Turin. Our aim with this diary is to bring you all over the city, starting to understand how special and unique it is. This will be also our own walk through the secrets and the unknown histories and the many Turin's faces in order to be able, at the end of this path, to read its several souls. We decided to avoid telling about the historical, even if very beautiful, center of Turin, because it is already well known and widely narrated in many city guides. We want to go to explore all the other quarters that make this city so beautiful and interesting...and we'll use as our reference source the book "L'altra Torino" Metro guide espress edition.

Let's start with San Salvario 

About San Salvario quarter many things have been told.

They spoke about it as the "Turinese Bronx" the as the "Integration pattern" to follow and than "gentrification case" to study. The big surprise is that more or less all these things are true and you can find this and much more walking on the streets...

The primary soul of this area is strictly connected with the shop intended also as negotiation ability, creativity and research. San Salvario soul is curious and soucy...

This area was built by Napoleon during the second half of the XIX Century and it's easy to recognize his french style in buildings and streets. So we can say that this quarter was born french, but it definitely grew up patriotic: here took place several fighting in 1821 in order to obtain a Constitution and the independence from foreign domination and in this moment where took the base for the Italian unification, and here Italy was finally assembled in Italy Kingdom.

The name San Salvario is the slang way to call the San Salvatore church, at the crossing of Corso Marconi and Via Nizza and finally it become the official name of this area.

Since the XIX Century this was a very commercial zone, and this is the reason of the deep roots and the ancient tradition of Madama Cristina's square open air market and of many handicrafts shops in the relatives small ways. 

San Salvario function was at the beginning the southern city door. Also today, even if it's not anymore on the city boundary, it keeps it's door function because this is the very first area, nearby to Porta Nuova train station, where the people lands at arriving in Turin. Today's new citizens, exactly as before the southern Italian people and the after them, the northern African people, arrive here and discover the same place. This burg has always been able to absorb everything and to give everybody his own house.  

This is the origin of his mixed and bastard soul, fascinating and strong. Not everybody is able to love it, but we're here and we wouldn't change this zone with others for any reason! Come and visit it to believe!

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Hello everybody!

Since today here you are a new place to discover: InTo Tour Operator's new blog about many Turin secret places and stories.

Two are the section and the arguments we want to speak about at the moment:

Itineraries in Turin in order to discover also the "Other Turin" out of the center's circuits and Esoterika, about the deep and old relationship between Turin and the esotericism, its long path between countries and populations since the ancient times. 

In this way we'll bring you to know and understand totally different faces of this incredible and very special place, our house: Turin.