1 Turin International Exhibition -1911 THE EXHIBITION - THE IDEA - THE SITUAT ION. TURIN and ROME. - TumN, tbe capital of the States of the D,1kes of Savoy a ncl Kings of Sardinia for 300 yea rs , and the fi rst ca ,ii tal of tbe K i no·dom of I taly in 186 l-64; ROME, Capital si nce 1S70, are to s ha re t.J-i e honour of invi.tin er all the nations of the civ11i zecl worlcl to a 1arge International Exhibit ion. 0 F ifty yea rs have passer! since Turin called together on the 18th. Feb. 1861 th e :first National .Assoml>l;v - wbich was composecl of 443 members. Fifty yea1·s have passt<l since t he 14th. Ma rch 1861 whou tbjs Assembl.v declared Hctor Emmanuel II to be _the first k ing of Italy , formi"g, a.fter 1400 years of poli - tical cl1v1 s1ons1 one free a nrl powerful state of over iJ3 .000.000 inbal>i tants. From t hi s h istm·ic da:te Ita,ly has co nt inued to a.cl vance. ln rst of a.t i, it was compl i-ted hy tho Provrnce of Venico in 1866 . Tbeu jn 1SG4 and 1870, stepping on from Tnri n to Florence ancl from ]f·lo1·ence to Romo, it has r e:wh ecl 1l1 0 Eternal Gi t_y, which t en yea rs before t h e ,\ssemhly of 27th. March 1861 had alreaily rleclared to be th e capital of the newly con stituted Kiogclom. Then aftel' Peace luHl been macle and secnrecl by statesmen, Art, Com• mel'ce, Inclnstries c1eve1operl in an aston ishing manner1 pel'sna,cling Europe of the goocl qualities of the ita li au people. I t . is n ecessary to be an eye• witness to reali1,e s uch })rogress iu each art, 1u each bratHih of mocl eru iuclnstrr, ancl how Italy. fo rme1·ly poor n.n,l di vide<l, is n ow in fn ll developement. Auel this is the point at whi ch th e two cit i es will aim iu 1011 , T urin w ith i ts Internationa l Exhibition of industries and work, aucl Rome with its e:<clnsively artistic Exhibi tion. Valentine P ark. -The Exh i bition 1011 of Tur in w ill be helrl.a.s the tl,ose of 1884 aml 1898, in the Valentine Pai·k (PMTO Valentino). It is a u ideal spot fur a n Exhibi tion, in a. picturesque s ituat ion, to wh ich t he calm waters of the I'o a nd the bills make au admirable nat ural backgron11cl and scenery. T he Exhibi tion of 1911 covers an a,re:1 of one million two hundred thousand sq na,re metres, of wh ich more t ha n t hree hnrulred t housand are occn1,iecl hy the buildings. The ExJ-1il>i t ion in it s exten t embraces a lso t he ralentine Castle (with its mag nifi cen t inte ri01· de,·orations), lmHt in 1650 by Ma,r ie CJu-isti ne of Fnince, aurl the Bota,nic Garclens . ·which are annexed to it . Further north are tho ][cclireval Borough ancl Castle. orectecl for the Exhibi t ion of 18S4, fo rmin g an impor tan t attraction fo r visitors . Dluing tho Exhi bit ion tbe v ii,.itors w fll be a ble to arl mire the borough aucl Castle p eopled U,r the a. r ti ra ns a1Hl pi·•·cs iu their meclireval costurnos. ,:, TUE PALACE oe· THE J OURNAL (International Exhibition). THE EXHIBITION - THE ARCH ITECTURE - THE ENTRANCE. The International E:<bibition of Turin, decic1od ,,pon on tbe 14th .Feb . 1907 ,will open in the month of April 1911, ,rnder the patronage of H . 11. KI NG Vic,•·JI< E~n.lANUEL III ancl uncler the pres idence of Senato r T1-LO:\L\S VILLA, who has • • · tb N t · 1 Exhibitions of 1S84 and already orgaui secl w"itb gre~t _s~1ccess e .r a iona . t~' A ts of 1002 the 1s n8, the Inte rnat.ional Exlnb1t1on of Modern clec01~ 1~ 0 r 1 It a li an Sections of t he Universal Exhibitions at Pan s m 1889 au_d l~OO. 'l'he ma.in e ntrance to t11e Exhibi t ion w ill be in Corso Vitt, _,,·1,0 E:i~· ' ele II at the corner of Corso Oairo!i, not far from Umbe rto I Bndge. This "u ~ 1 J · L836 enlaro-ecl a.lHl is the olclest part of the Valentine Park (p aone< m_ . , o . '. no,yl y cl esig ne<l ju 1860 by Ba,,,·illet DCrantps) a~cl the v isitors a r~ ,st~n ck _ a: tbe ' enter by the exquisite bmu1ty of its omlnlations, by the theat11cal 1llns10 of i~s porspecti ves a.ncl t he nual charms of its nooks aucl gl'oves . T he A chitecture. _ The b,1ilr1ini,;s of the exh ibi t ion show tho architecture r . f .· t th boo- ·oniuo- of the XY III of Piedmont, a nd 1nore p articuhirl y o Tu11u , a ? o 1 o - : . J,u,• centtuy. This archi tect tu·o ·was t he work of one artist, the abb6 Ph lip --· va.1·a (1685 -17 36) of Messina, whom Ki ng Victor .Arnecle~1s II had broug:~1t "1th him when he 1'etu1·ne d in 1714 from Sic il y, wh ich bad Jnst been a nnexed. In our excursions r ound t h e town (see p. 10-l5), we shall clistingnisl~ at ~n_ce hi s works - tho Palazzo jJ[ad,ama, t he Oou,· t of Justi ce, the Churches ot St.PhiliJJ , Oa,r'ntine, Santa, Oroce and above a ll the Basiiic~ _o.f Superga - whi ch , .av.01 · rlin o- the ver y ex:aggeratecl style of Father Guct,nni (Chur ch of Sam Ln1 enzo, Cb·:pel of Holy Shroud, Ccwignano pa.lace) of the xvn century, gave ti n~w ele~~u1ce, lines at once s impl e aucl majes tic and showed a p erfect clecora,bve ta,ste iu t.he general archi tecttu·e of the town . l t · 1 Art The Industrial Art which is fo,wrl to the r ight of the Incus r1a . - , , • . . prin cipal e nttance, with t he ;_uljoi ning builcling of the .Mo u EB.N TOWN. occupies a coverecl s,irface of 9000 sq.m. Th F hion. _ The Pavi liou of Fashion is on tho l eft of t he entmn ce eurl. It is~~ pr:t:y building fa.votuably situated, co~taining artistic mocl elsofrlresses , a.musemeuts a.nd ftunittues of t he present tlmes . THE PALACE OF FASHION (Iuternatiooa.l Exbibi tioo) . 5
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