In Turin, between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Art Nouveau emerged as a broad renewal that affected both architecture and the applied arts, aiming to unite aesthetics and functionality. In Italy, it was known as the Liberty style, and Turin became one of its major centers, especially thanks to the International Exhibition of 1902. In Italy, Turin became one of the main hubs of diffusion, along with Milan, Naples, and Palermo.

Thanks to the presence of outstanding professionals and a wealthy bourgeois and entrepreneurial clientele, the city at the beginning of the century was flourishing with new monuments and buildings, characterized by the use of materials such as cast iron, wrought iron, glass, and litho-cement.

Among its leading figures, the architect Pietro Fenoglio played a central role, developing a language marked by fluid lines and floral decoration inspired by the Franco-Belgian style, visible in many buildings across the city: no fewer than 140 urban projects bore his signature.

Turin’s Art Nouveau style is also distinguished by the pervasive presence of vegetal symbolism, which spreads across façades, balconies, and structural elements. Figures such as Giovanni Gribodo contributed to this naturalistic aesthetic, where wrought iron, decorative reliefs, and floral motifs transform the city into a true artistic landscape inspired by nature.

Where can you see examples of Art Nouveau in Turin?

Examples are countless and scattered throughout the historic center as well as in other districts such as Crocetta, San Donato, Borgo Po, San Salvario, San Paolo, Borgo Rossini, and Aurora. Here is a short list of Turin Art Nouveau buildings closest to the city center:

Center

– Palazzo Bellia C. Ceppi 1892-1898 via Pietro Micca 4-6
– Palazzo Priotti C. Ceppi 1900 corso Vittorio Emanuele II 52
– Istituto superiore femminile magistrale “V. Monti” C. Dolza, G. Scanagatta 1900 corso Galileo Ferraris 11
– Casa Reda G. Reycend 1902 via San Francesco d’Assisi 15
– Casa Florio G. Velati Bellini 1902 via San Francesco d’Assisi 17
– Casa Boffa-Costa-Magnani P. Fenoglio 1904 via de Sonnaz 16
– Casa Florio P. Fenoglio 1907 via Monte di Pietà 26,
– Terrazza Solferino Vetreria Albano&Macario 1907 via Bertolotti 7
– Caffè Baratti & Milano G. Casanova, sculture: E. Rubino 1909 Galleria Subalpina
– Casa Buzzani P. Fenoglio 1897 via Lamarmora 31
– Casa Debernardi P. Fenoglio 1904 via Magenta 55,

San Donato and Cit Turin

– Istituto “Faà di Bruno” P. Fenoglio 1891 via San Donato 31
– Casa Padrini P. Fenoglio 1900 via L. Cibrario 9
– Ex Conceria Fiorio P. Fenoglio 1900 via Durandi,
– Villino Raby P. Fenoglio G. Gussoni A. Mazzucotelli 1901 corso Francia 8
– Casa Fenoglio-Lafleur P. Fenoglio 1902 via Principi d’Acaja 11,
– Casa Pecco P. Fenoglio 1902 via L. Cibrario 12-14,
.- Casa Florio G. Velati Bellini 1902 via L. Cibrario 22,
– Ex Birrificio Metzger P. Fenoglio 1903 via San Donato 68
– Ex Birrificio Bosio & Caratsch P. Fenoglio 1907 via Bonzanigo
– Casa Macciotta P. Fenoglio 1904 corso Francia 32
– Casa Balbis P. Fenoglio 1900 via Balbis 1
– Casa Ina P. Fenoglio 1906 via Principi d’Acaja 20
– Casa Girardi P. Fenoglio 1906 via L. Cibrario 54,
– Casa Zorzi A. Vandone di Cortemilia 1905-1909 corso Francia 19

San Salvario and Parco del Valentino

– Villa Javelli R. D’Aronco 1904 via F. Petrarca 44
– Villino Kind M. A. Frapolli 1904 via V. Monti 48 Villino fatto realizzare dall’industriale svizzero
– Ex stabilimento FIAT A. Premoli 1904-1906 via corso Dante Alighieri 100,
– Ex sede Istituto Allievi FIAT G. Mattè Trucco 1906 corso Dante Alighieri 102
– Ex Officine Ceirano – 1906 corso Raffaello 18
– Ex Bagni Municipali
– Casa del Quartiere di San Salvario C. Dolza 1905 via O. Morgari 10
– Casa Sigismondi G. Momo 1912 via Madama Cristina 5

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