Fetta di Polenta

Casa Scaccabarozzi, commonly known as Fetta di Polenta, is a historic building located in the Vanchiglia neighborhood of the northern Italian city of Turin.

Type: Tourist attraction
Description: building in Vanchiglia, Italy
Also known as: “Casa Scaccabarozzi”
Roof shape: pyramidal
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mole Antonelliana and National Museum of Cinema.

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. Mole Antonelliana is situated 320 metres northwest of Fetta di Polenta.

National Museum of Cinema

Museum

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The National Museum of Cinema located in Turin, Italy, is a motion picture museum inside the Mole Antonelliana tower. It is operated by the Maria Adriana Prolo Foundation, and the core of its collection is the result of the work of the historian and collector Maria Adriana Prolo. National Museum of Cinema is situated 350 metres northwest of Fetta di Polenta.

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 west of Fetta di Polenta.