Borgo Nuovo

Borgo Nuovo is a neighborhood in Centro - Crocetta, Turin, Piedmont. Borgo Nuovo is situated nearby to the suburb Centro, as well as near Borgo Po.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museo Egizio and Turin Museum of Natural History.

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.

Turin Museum of Natural History

Museum

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The Turin Museum of Natural History was established in 1978 to house the natural history collections of the University of Turin and other collections of natural history, originated from specific research campaigns and donations.

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.