Torino Esp. 1911 - Pad. Italiani all'Estero

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Title Proper/Title Text
Torino Esp. 1911 - Pad. Italiani all'Estero

Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca.

Descriptive Note Text

This is a photographic postcard of the Padiglione degli Italiani all’Estero (Pavilion of Italians Abroad) at the 1911 Turin International Exposition. The pavilion is in an exuberant neo-Baroque style, typical of the Exposition’s eclectic official architecture. An elaborate tower rises on the left in stacked stages. It has open arcaded loggias, volutes, finials, and a slender lantern with a spire and a small figure or ornament at the tip. Smaller pinnacles cluster around its base. A large ribbed dome sits on a drum. A lantern topped by a winged figure, probably Victory or Fame, with one arm raised. The ground floor has a colonnaded portico with paired columns and a balustraded terrace above. Large arched openings and heavy cornices are richly modeled with garlands and cartouches. An ornamental wrought-iron lamp bracket projects from the building’s left edge.

A red 10-centesimi Poste Italiane stamp is affixed to the picture side at upper right. It shows the profile of King Victor Emmanuel III. 

The postcard was mailed to France.

Current Repository Numbers
CDC-PC-PCOM-0020