Piazza Vittorio Veneto, also known as Piazza Vittorio, is a

city square A town square (or public square, urban square, city square or simply square), also called a plaza or piazza, is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town or city, and which is used for community gatherings. Rel ...

Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) 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 from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

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, which takes its name from the Battle of Vittorio Veneto in 1918. It was formerly known as Piazza Vittorio Emanuele I, after the Savoyard king Victor Emmanuel I. During the construction of an underground carpark in 2004, workers uncovered 22 skeletons dating from the early 18th century; a study published in 2019 indicates these are almost certainly casualties from the 1706

Siege of Turin The siege of Turin took place from June to September 1706, during the War of the Spanish Succession. A French army led by Louis de la Feuillade besieged the Savoyard capital of Turin, whose relief by Prince Eugene of Savoy has been called th ...

Buildings around the square

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Gran Madre di Dio, Turin Gran Madre di Dio (Great Mother of God) is a Neoclassicism, Neoclassic-style church in Turin, Italy, dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary, Mother of God. It is located on the western bank of the Po River, facing the Ponte Vittorio Emanuele I l ...

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Piazzas in Turin {{Italy-geo-stub