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Old Shops of Turin. A Candle Factory turned Bric-a-Brac Shop

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  Odd sights of Torino, Turin, Italy. This old candle factory funded in 18975 has turned into a bric-a-brac shop selling.... candles in odd shapes. The place is located in a quite prestigius place, in Piazza Solferino, in the city centre

Chen Peng Posters on the Walls of Turin, Torino, Italy

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  Chen Peng is an illustrator and graphic designer who currently lives in Shenzhen, China. He often marvels at how the world is so full of symbols. 

Very Rare EffeEffe Berlinetta Car Seen at Autolook Week 2022 Car Show, Turin, Italy

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  Very Rare EffeEffe Berlinetta Car Seen at Autolook Week 2022 Car Show, Turin, Italy Details of the car can be found here: http://www.effeffecars.com/

Lancia Stratos seen at AutoLook Week 2022 in Turin, Torino, Italy

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  Lancia Stratos seen at AutoLook Week 2022 in Turin, Torino, Italy The  Lancia Stratos HF  ( Tipo 829 ), widely and more simply known as  Lancia Stratos , is a  rear mid-engined   sports car  designed for  rally racing , made by  Italian  car manufacturer  Lancia . The HF stands for  High Fidelity .  It was a very successful rally car, winning the  World Rally Championship  in 1974, 1975 and 1976; and race car winning 1974  Targa Florio ,  five times the  Tour de France Automobile  and three editions of  Giro d'Italia auto Lancia traditionally used the design house Pininfarina and had not used Bertone before. Bertone desired to create an opportunity for a relationship with Lancia and knew that Lancia was looking for a replacement for the aging Fulvia for use in rally sports. Bertone decided to design an eye-catching model to show to Lancia. Bertone used the running gear of a Fulvia Coup...

Most colourful Italian focaccia flat bread from Liguria

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Most colourful Italian focaccia flat bread from Liguria I found yesterday in Torino, Turin, Italy, some of the most colourful and more tasty focaccia flat breads ever seen in this shop right in the city centre: Focacceria Roberta Via San Tommaso 8,  Focaccia genovese Focaccia genovese , marked by its finger-sized holes on its surface is brushed or sprinkled with  olive oil , coarse salt, and sometimes water before the final rise. In Genoa, focaccia is eaten in the morning at breakfast or during the day. It is often dipped in milk or in cappuccino at breakfast and eaten warm and wet. Ligurian variants Focaccia has countless variations along the Ligurian coast, from the biscuit-hard  focaccia secca  ('dry focaccia') to the corn-flour, oily, soft Voltri version, some bearing little resemblance to the Genoese version. An extreme example is  focaccia col formaggio  ('focaccia with cheese'), also called  focaccia di Recco  ...

Ferrari 488 Spider at the Parco del Valentino Car Show, Turin, Italy

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Ferrari 488 Spider at the Parco del Valentino Car Show, Italy. Please see also my YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/settime2588 A video with the full parade of the supercars seen at this event is  here  - Hope you will like it.

Lykan Hypersport Sports Car Seen at Salone Automobile Parco Valentino, Turin, Italy

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You have probably seen this can is some movie. The bright red one exhibited in Torino at the Valentino Park Car Show was attracting all attention. The Lykan Hypersport is a Lebanese limited production hypercar by W Motors, a United Arab Emirates based company, founded in 2012 in Lebanon with the collaboration of Lebanese, French and Italian engineers. It is the first supercar to be produced in the Middle East, and is featured in the film Furious 7, and the video games Project CARS, Driveclub, Asphalt 8: Airborne, Asphalt Nitro, Forza Motorsport 6 and GT Racing 2: The Real Car Experience. It is the first car to be designed and produced indigenously in the Arab World. W Motors plan to produce only seven units of the car. The first pre-production Lykan HyperSport was launched at the Qatar Motor Show in February 2013. At US$8.6 million, the Lykan HyperSport is the third most expensive vehicle built to date, after the exclusive (four created, three sold) Lamborghini Venen...

Supercars Spotted in Italy. Combo of Chevrolet Camaro SS and Corvette Z06. Gran Premio del Valentino, Turin

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Supercars Spotted in Italy. Combo of Chevrolet Camaro SS and Corvette Z06. Gran Premio del Valentino, Turin   A video with the full parade of the supercars seen at this event is  here  - Hope you will like it. Please see also my YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/settime2588

BMW i8 With Colours by Giacomo Balla. Seen in Turin, Italy at Gran Premio Parco del Valentino

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This "Futuristic" version of the BMW i8 was spotted on the road in Turin, Italy. It opened the super cars' tour around the Valentino Park.  Colours and designs are taken from the paintings by the Italian Futurist Painter Giacomo Balla . Special edition of this car by Garage Italia Customs . A video with the full parade of the supercars seen at this event is  here  - Hope you will like it. Please see also my YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/settime2588