Piazza San Carlo Torino

The noble palaces overlooking the square are rich in history and of stories. In the Palazzo Avogrado of Collobiano (Piazza S. Carlo, corner of Via Alfieri) Benedetto Alfieri dwelt and wrote his first tragedies in 1774-1777. Here in "a magnificent house located on the beautiful Piazza San Carlo, and tastefully furnished, I set myself to make a good life ..." and in those windows "that man of strong was tied by the staff to the high chair, so that if the continuous view of the house that rises from the opposite side of the square, inhabited by a flattering that he loved, but could not estimate, made him strong and drew him against the purpose to see her again, the material bond could more than the irrational appetite. "