Moncalieri

Moncalieri is a small town perched around a hill south east of Turin in Piedmont.

Understand

The town is crowned by the 12th century (enlarged in the 15th century) castle, which is part of the World Heritage Site: Residences of the Royal House of Savoy.

The historic centre of Moncalieri develops around Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, a few tens of metres south of the Royal Castle, on a hill approximately 50 m above the rest of the city. The square, the most important in Moncalieri, overlooks the churches of Santa Maria della Scala and San Francesco, the town hall and numerous medieval buildings. A short distance from the square is the Real Collegio Carlo Alberto.

The street that connects the station to the square is called Via S. Martino and, together with Via Alfieri and Via Real Collegio, represents one of the three axes that cross the centre.

The historic centre is bordered to the south by Piazzale Caduti per la Libertà and Via Cristoforo Colombo, here is the church of S. Egidio, founded by the Templars in the 13th century. To the west the historic centre is bordered by Via Torino, to the north by Viale del Castello and to the east by Viale Rimembranza.

Get in

By plane

The closest airport is Turin.

By car

The city is served by the Turin Southern Ring Road through three junctions:

• SS20 - The Loggia
• Southern Turin - Corso Unità d'Italia - Lingotto Fiere - Moncalieri
• A6 Turin - Savona motorway

By train

Moncalieri is served by two railway stations:

• the Moncalieri station (near the historic centre), located on the common section of the Turin-Genoa railway and Turin-Savona railway lines, served by the SFM1 , SFM4 , SFM6 and SFM7 lines of the Turin metropolitan railway system
• the Moncalieri Sangone station, on the Turin-Pinerolo line, served by the SFM2 line of the Turin metropolitan railway system.

The journey time from Turin is approximately 10 minutes from the Torino Porta Nuova and Torino Porta Susa stations and 4 minutes from the Torino Lingotto station.

By bus

• Troiolo Bus, Corso Garibaldi, 185 - Siderno, ☏ +39 0964 381325, info@troiolobus.com. (updated Feb 2024)

See

Castello di Moncalieri

• 1 Castello di Moncalieri. F-Su and holidays 10:00-18:00 (last entry 17:00), maximum 8 people per hour, online booking required. The castle, which is part of the Savoy residences of Piedmont, is found in the upper part of Moncalieri. Inside there is the "Alfredo Serranti" major carabinieri barracks. €7/person. (updated Feb 2024)
• 2 Whistle Museum (Museo dij Subièt), via Real Collegio, 20, ☏ +39 389 8303466, saturnio@saturnio.it. A visit to the museum can be booked by calling or emailing. The museum houses a collection of approximately 1500 whistles made from the following materials: terracotta, metal, wood, cane, bone and plastic. (updated Feb 2024)
• 3 View into the valley and surrounding area, Viale del Castello. (updated May 2015)
• 4 Statue of Neptune (Saturnius), Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II. The elegantly designed statue takes up classic taste in an 18th-century key and goes well with the basin which welcomes the jet and seals the defined space of the porticoed buildings and dominated by the church of Santa Maria della Scala. Neptune is represented holding the trident in his hand, at his feet is a dolphin whose mouth gushes with a jet of water collected in the tub. 

Buy

• 1 Via Fortunato Postiglione. Retail part with number of stores and restaurants (updated May 2015)

Eat

There are a number of restaurants around the Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II.