![The pictorial history of the world ; embracing full and authentic accounts of every nation of ancient and modern times. Showing the causes of their prosperity and decline ... With sketches of the leading characters in the world's history
by
McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883
Publication date
1877
Topics
World history
Publisher
Philadelphia, Pa., Chicago, Ill. [etc.] The National publishing co
Collection
library_of_congress; americana
Digitizing sponsor
Sloan Foundation
Contributor
The Library of Congress
Language
English
Notes
light pages throughout this book, and also close text to the gutter throughout this book!
Addeddate
2009-08-24 13:43:58
Call number
9133373
Camera
Canon 5D
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urn:oclc:record:1050773891[WorldCat (this item)]
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Identifier
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landmark
Reggia di Venaria Reale
A vast baroque royal palace and gardens outside Turin, a Savoy Versailles with its dazzling Great Gallery.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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Rivoli
Piedmont, Italy · Europe
About Rivoli
Rivoli works well as a base: 5 minutes from Villaggio Leumann, 11km from Reggia di Venaria Reale.
Rivoli is in Piedmont, Italy, with about 49,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Villaggio Leumann, about 4 km away.
The Rivoli Castle is a former Residence of the Royal House of Savoy in Rivoli (Metropolitan City of Turin, Italy). It is currently home to the Castello di Rivoli – Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, the museum of contemporary art of Turin.
In 1997, it was placed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list along with 13 otherRead more
residences of the House of Savoy.
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What is there to see near Rivoli?
Within an hour or so of Rivoli: Reggia di Venaria Reale (11 km), Museo Egizio (13 km), Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile (MAUTO) (13 km), Lingotto Rooftop Test Track (13 km).
Are there any good drives near Rivoli?
The nearest famous roads are Colle delle Finestre, Col du Mont Cenis and Col de l'Iseran.
Where is Rivoli?
Rivoli is in Piedmont, Italy, about 4 km from Villaggio Leumann.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 48,629
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Piedmont
- Timezone
- Europe/Rome
- Coordinates
- 45.0707, 7.5146
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Italy
ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
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Worth the detour from Rivoli
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
museum
Museo Egizio
The world's oldest museum dedicated to Egyptian archaeology, with the second-largest collection of Egyptian antiquities after Cairo.
13 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile (MAUTO)
Italy's national automobile museum in Turin with over 200 cars tracing the entire history of the automobile.
13 km · about 25 min drive
racetrack
Lingotto Rooftop Test Track
The legendary banked test track on the roof of Fiat's 1923 Lingotto factory in Turin, star of The Italian Job. Now 'La Pista 500', a rooftop garden you can stroll beside the Casa 500 Fiat museum.
13 km · about 25 min drive
film location
Lingotto rooftop test track, Turin (The Italian Job)
The banked rooftop track of the former Fiat factory features in the 1969 Italian Job Mini chase; it is open to walk today.
13 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Turin
Piedmont's elegant capital with grand Baroque squares, the world's finest Egyptian museum outside Cairo, and Italy's cafe culture birthplace.
14 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Sacra di San Michele
A dramatic Romanesque-Gothic abbey perched atop a rocky peak in the Susa Valley, said to have inspired The Name of the Rose.
14 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Mole Antonelliana
Turin's soaring landmark spire houses the National Cinema Museum, with a glass lift to a panoramic Alpine view.
14 km · about 25 min drive
Driving roads near Rivoli
- 36 kmColle delle FinestreA legendary 2,178 m Piedmont climb from the Susa Valley: 33 paved hairpins followed by a historic unpaved military road to the summit, made famous by dramatic Giro d'Italia stages.
- 53 kmCol du Mont CenisA historic Franco-Italian border crossing with a large summit lake and plateau, once traversed by Napoleon's armies on the route between Turin and Lyon.
- 54 kmColle del NivoletA spectacular dead-end road climbing to 2,612 m through Gran Paradiso National Park, past alpine lakes and glacier scenery; its serpentine final ramps starred in the 2003 film The Italian Job.
- 54 kmCol de l'IseranAt 2,764 m the highest paved through-pass in the Alps, linking the Maurienne and Tarentaise valleys over bare high country.
- 60 kmCol d'AgnelOne of the highest paved border crossings in the Alps at 2744m between France and Italy, remote and quiet with an authentic high-mountain atmosphere.
- 60 kmColle dell'AgnelloAt 2,744 m one of Europe's highest paved passes, a remote, exhilarating drive on the French border above Pontechianale.
Driving in Italy
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.82/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€8.50/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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