Crimea district
Crimean District ("Borgo Crimea"), or simply Crimea , is a sub-district of Turin in the southeast of the city.
At least until 1799 this area of Turin belonged to Count Rubatti who was a former lord of Valsalice (a pre-hill area in the neighboring Cavoretto district). Hence the old name of the village Rubatto.
The area built towards the Po was mainly occupied by laundries.
The village was born as a residential area at the end of the 19th century around the square of the same name
To commemorate the glorious Sardinian military expedition to the Crimea ( 1855-1856 ), led by General Alfonso La Marmora , King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy (1820-1878) erected the present monument. This monument is the work of the Italian sculptor Luigi Belli (1848-1919) (see the monument of the Crimean expedition).
At least until 1799 this area of Turin belonged to Count Rubatti who was a former lord of Valsalice (a pre-hill area in the neighboring Cavoretto district). Hence the old name of the village Rubatto.
The area built towards the Po was mainly occupied by laundries.
The village was born as a residential area at the end of the 19th century around the square of the same name
To commemorate the glorious Sardinian military expedition to the Crimea ( 1855-1856 ), led by General Alfonso La Marmora , King Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy (1820-1878) erected the present monument. This monument is the work of the Italian sculptor Luigi Belli (1848-1919) (see the monument of the Crimean expedition).
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South-east of Turin