Re Umberto

Re Umberto is a Turin Metro station, located near the intersection between Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and Corso Re Umberto. It was part of the Line 1 extension from XVIII Dicembre to Porta Nuova opened on 5 October 2007.

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Type: Metro station
Description: metro station in Turin, Italy
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Torino Porta Nuova railway station and Museo Egizio.

Torino Porta Nuova railway station

Railway station

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Torino Porta Nuova railway station is the main railway station of Turin, northern Italy. It is the third busiest station in Italy after Rome Termini and Milan Central, with about 192,000 journeys per day and 70 million travellers a year and a total of about 350 trains per day. Torino Porta Nuova railway station is situated 430 metres southeast of Re Umberto.

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 1 km northeast of Re Umberto.

Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art

Museum

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The Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art is an art gallery in Turin, Italy, founded in 1891-1895 and located in 31 via Magenta. With the MAO, Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja, the Borgo and the Rocca medioevali, it forms part of the Fondazione Torino Musei. Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art is situated 390 metres west of Re Umberto.