The Borgo Medioevale in

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

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, is an

open air museum An open-air museum (or open air museum) is a museum that exhibits collections of buildings and artifacts out-of-doors. It is also frequently known as a museum of buildings or a folk museum. Definition Open air is “the unconfined atmosphere� ...

and reconstructed

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village and

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. It is located in the

Parco del Valentino Parco del Valentino (also known as Valentino Park) is a popular public park in Turin, Italy. It is located along the west bank of the Po river. It covers an area of 500,000m², which makes it Turin's second largest park (Turin's largest park, the ...

(Valentino Park) on the riverbank of the

Po river The Po ( , ; la, Padus or ; Ligurian language (ancient), Ancient Ligurian: or ) is the longest river in Italy. It flows eastward across northern Italy starting from the Cottian Alps. The river's length is either or , if the Maira (river), Mair ...

. It was built for the 1884 Italian general exposition and it was constructed by replicating and mimicking

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of the

Piedmont it, Piemontese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ...

region. The reconstructed architecture, decorations, and landscaping followed strict criteria of faithfulness to historical models. Over 40 sites (including castles, villages, and churches) all across

and

Aosta Valley , Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = Official languages , population_blank1 = Italian French ...

were used as models and many intellectuals, historians, artists and technicians took part in the project. Among the structures that served as models are

Fénis Castle Fénis Castle ( it, Castello di Fénis, french: Château de Fénis) is an Italian medieval castle located in the town of Fénis. It is one of the most famous castles in Aosta Valley, and for its architecture and its many towers and battlemente ...

Issogne Castle Issogne Castle is a castle in Issogne, in lower Aosta Valley, in northwestern Italy. It is one of the most famous manors of the region, and is located on the right bank of the Dora Baltea at the centre of the inhabited area of Issogne. As a s ...

Verrès Castle Verrès Castle ( it, Castello di Verrès, french: Château de Verrès) is a fortified 14th-century castle in Verrès, in the lower Aosta Valley, in north-western Italy. It has been called one of the most impressive buildings from the Middle Age ...

, and

Ivrea Castle Ivrea Castle ( it, Castello d'Ivrea) is a castle located at Piazza Castello in Ivrea, Italy. History It was built in 1358 on behalf of Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy to signify the dominance of the House of Savoy over the region. In 1676, the n ...

Gallery

File:Borgo Medievale in primavera, Torino.jpg, The Borgo on the river File:Torino Borgo medievale 2.jpg, The Castle, inspired mostly by those Fénis, Verrès, Montaldo Dora and Ivrea File:Borgo medievale (2).jpg, The drawbridge (inspired by the tower at

Oglianico Oglianico is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Oglianico borders the following municipalities: Salassa, Rivarolo Canavese Rivarolo Canavese is a ''comun ...

) File:0012722852 Borgo medioevale di Torino.jpg, Pomegranate fountain (copy of the one at the castle of Issogne) File:Borgo Medievale, Torino.jpg, Riverwalk (with the tower from

Avigliana Avigliana (Piedmontese: ''Vijan-a'' ; French : ''Veillane'') is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region or Italy, with 12,480 inhabitants as of January 1, 2017. It lies about west of Turin i ...

) File:Corte interna al borgo.JPG, Courtyard (copy of the one in

) File:Torino Borgo medievale Rocca Interno 16.jpg, Interior room in the castle File:Le bourg médiéval (Turin) (2874282733).jpg, Main street and church (inspired by the ones in

Saluzzo Saluzzo (; pms, Salusse ) is a town and former principality in the province of Cuneo, in the Piedmont region, Italy. The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc. are fo ...

and Ciriè)

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