Chernaya barracks
The Chernaya Barracks (Caserme Cernaia), named after a victorious battle in the Crimean war, was built on the grounds of the Turin Citadel, an ancient fortification that was dismantled to make way for urban sprawl. During the Second World War, this building was affected by aerial bombardment on November 8, 1942 and July 13, 1943.
The military structures, which traditionally occupied a predominant place in Turin, has undergone a relocation in the years of the Risorgimento. This was due on the one hand to the increase and the new functional needs of the buildings and secondly by the location of Piazza d'Armi.
The Chernaya barracks were designed to be the seat of the student legion of the Royal Carabinieri Corps and take its name from the victorious battle that took place on 16 August 1855 between French-Piemontese-Ottoman and Russian forces in the context of the Crimean War (1853-1856).
The name Cernaia, in fact, derives from the Russian word which means "black" and indicated the name of the waterway which flowed in the plain where the confrontations took place.
The barracks were built in 1864 on land that had just been freed from the complete demolition of the urban fortifications (their traces can still be seen today in the keep of the Citadel) , while the new and prestigious street of the same name was opened in 1855 following a partial demolition of the fortifications . The original project was presented by Colonel Barabino and later modified by General Giovanni Castellazzi.
Address:
Chernaya Street No.23 Turin