Friday, March 18, 2011

Notte Bianca a Torino

Yesterday Torino but also Florence and Rome celebrated the 150th Anniversary of Italy's Unification. About 200,000 people (under lot of rain ) partecipated to the Sleepless Night offered by the First Capital of Italy -- The quite aerial photo I took from a sort of crane (just for press and video) can give an idea about the crowd... And also on how Torino is beautiful ! -- Italy's 150th anniversary celebrations will go on until November, so this is moment: come to Torino to spend your holidays ! ...More to come...

Ieri Torino ma anche Firenze e Roma hanno celebrato i 150° anniversario dell'Unità d'Italia. Circa in 200.000 sotto una pioggia battente hanno partecipato alla Notte Bianca offerta dalla Prima Capitale d'Italia -- La foto quasi aerea che ho scattato da una piattaforma all'uopo allestita per la stampa dà un'idea della folla... E di quanto Torino sia bella ! -- Le celebrazioni per Italia 150 continueranno sino a Novembre. La festa è qui venite dunque a Torino per trascorrere le vostre vacanze ! ...Continua...
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3 comments:

Dina said...

Such devotion, going out to celebrate even in the rain.
And brave you, going way up there for the photo!

Fabrizio Zanelli said...

In fact Dina. Even if under rain: to see all those people, attend the concert and the fireworks was definitely great !

Linda said...

Wish I could be there for the celebrations. As it is we're planning a trip to Turin for next spring.