This is the little courtyard out the back door of our apt.
This little old couple is straight across and they grow amazing things on their balcony. They come out every morning, mostly it's him, to tend to the garden and they close the doors and windows once again.
Kind of like the little old guy in Under the Tuscan Sun. They never wave or even look up.
A couple more sights on my walk - Collegio and a cool church.
A park that I went to called Parco di Valentino, didn't get too far...lots of thugs around...going back tomorrow to see the castle. In the meantime, these are called I Toretti, little bulls, they are the traditional symbol of Torino - bulls, that is. And every little drinking fountain in parks around here have a bull on it or as the spigot. Their appearance is connected with an old legend dated from ancient times when the taurus (the bull) died at the feet of the village after he had defeated the dragon.
OSCAR Bernard Shaw??
Went back to Parco del Valentino...along the banks of the Po River.
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Castello del Valentino
Residences of the House of Savoy, very cloudy day!
The River Po
Borgo e rocco Medievale, a medieval village that was reconstructed back in the 19th century...
the entrance with drawbridge.
Fountains, one is a modern tree art piece, the other functional. 
The buildings, castle and fortress were modeled after others in the area. It was all built in the 1880s as part of the Italian Exposition, but was supposed to be torn down in 1942 after another exposition.
The chapel, where I saw a group of young 20 somethings attending a friend's wedding. She had flowers in her hair....
La Rocca or the fortress
Many gardens are in the Parco del Valentino as well as an indoor botanical garden....
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