Just a minute walk away from our hotel (Dock Milano) this was one of our highlights in Turin. Our guide was very informative and gave us an amazing insight into Turin's history. the highlight of the trip was when we visited the underground tunnels previously used during the wars.
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Pietro Micca Museum
via Guicciardini 7a, 10121 Turin, Italy
(Centro)
+39 011 546317
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As the capital of the small kingdom of Savoy Turin was a heavily fortified city and this museum shows how warfare was carried out in the 18th century, when miles of tunnels were dug in what is now the centre of Turin many with the sole purpose of reaching outside the walls so that they could be filled with explosive...
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This Museum explains and shows a very interesing period of the history of Turin, mostly during the war with France.
Pietro Micca was a soldier who, by killing himself by igniting a bomb, saved the city from invaders. The Museum shows the various layers of underground passages and fortifications and defensive infrastructures, and it is possible to visit them.
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A fascinating museum which takes you into the historic underground tunnels of the 17th C city which was besieged by the French in 1706. A Piedmontese hero, Pietro Micca, who was a sapper originating from Andorno near Biella, risked and lost his life in his attempt to block the tunnel the French were trying to break into. His deed saved...
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