Aurora, Vanchiglia - Sassi - Madonna del Pilone

Aurora, Vanchiglia - Sassi - Madonna del Pilone is a locality in Turin, Piedmont. Aurora, Vanchiglia - Sassi - Madonna del Pilone is situated nearby to the locality Motovelodromo, as well as near the suburb Vanchiglietta.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mole Antonelliana and Museo Egizio.

Mole Antonelliana

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The Mole Antonelliana is a major landmark building in Turin, Italy, named after its architect, Alessandro Antonelli. A mole in Italian is a building of monumental proportions.

Museo Egizio

Museum

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The Museo Egizio or Egyptian Museum is an archaeological museum in Turin, Italy, specializing in Egyptian archaeology and anthropology. It houses one of the largest collections of Egyptian antiquities, with more than 40,000 artifacts, which is considered the second most important Egyptological collection in the world after the one at the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. Museo Egizio is situated 3½ km west of Aurora, Vanchiglia - Sassi - Madonna del Pilone.

Villa della Regina

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The Villa della Regina is a once semi-rural palace, now surrounded by the city of Turin, Piedmont, Italy. It is located at Strada Santa Margherita #79 in the eastern sector of the city, in the quarter of Borgo Po.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Mauro Torinese and Borgo Vanchiglia.

San Mauro Torinese

Town

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San Mauro Torinese is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the region of Piedmont in Italy. It has 18,267 inhabitants. San Mauro Torinese borders the municipalities of Settimo Torinese, Castiglione Torinese, Turin, and Baldissero Torinese. San Mauro Torinese is situated 4½ km northeast of Aurora, Vanchiglia - Sassi - Madonna del Pilone.