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The Mole Antonelliana, a synagogue turned cinema temple
Your local guide
Francesca Bruno
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Highlights
- A synagogue that became one of Europe's tallest buildings
- A glass lift through spiral museum galleries
- Props and posters from Italian film history
- An unusual building history explained fully
- Turin's most recognisable landmark from inside
About this tour
This session covers the Mole Antonelliana, a building begun as a synagogue and now home to the National Cinema Museum. You see the tower's exterior, the glass lift climbing through the spiral galleries inside, and a selection of props and posters from Italian film history. Francesca, who worked at the museum before guiding, explains the building's unusual history as thoroughly as its current use.
She starts outside with the tower's construction history before riding the lift partway up. Inside, she moves slowly along the curved galleries, giving each object its own explanation and taking questions throughout.
This suits anyone interested in either architecture or film history, since the session gives proper weight to both. It works well as a longer, single session covering the building properly.
Included
- Live video walk with a local guide
- Questions to your guide all the way
- A short list of places to visit later
Not included
- Internet connection
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
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Welcome and sound check 6 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of Turin before heading out.
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Mole Antonelliana Exterior 17 min
Francesca stands below the tower, explaining how a structure begun as a synagogue in the 1860s became one of the tallest buildings in Europe at the time.
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Panoramic Lift Ascent 17 min
Riding the glass lift partway up, the camera catches the spiral museum galleries falling away below.
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Cinema Museum Gallery 17 min
Inside, she points out props and posters tracing Italian cinema history along the building's curved interior walls.
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Your questions 11 min
Time to ask anything about Turin: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
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A short list to keep 5 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Agnolotti and San Salvario, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in Rome time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 9 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through Turin, showing you Mole Antonelliana Exterior and Panoramic Lift Ascent live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
Do I need to know the history already?
No background needed. The guide explains everything as it comes up.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- We connect on Google Meet with the link in your booking. I carry the phone through the lift and galleries myself, keeping it steady throughout.
Times shown in Rome time (CET)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
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