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Parco del Valentino

Public park in Turin, Italy

Summary

Public park in Turin, Italy

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 840,000m² Pellerina Park, is Italy's most extended urban green area). This park has been nominated “The best Italian park” after a selection among the fifteen best Italian parks.

History

The Parco del Valentino was opened by the city of Turin in 1856, and was Italy’s first public garden.

It hosted the Eurovision Village during the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

Racing circuit

Between 1935 and 1955 an occasional series of motorsport events were held on the roads within the park, including the 1946 Turin Grand Prix, popularly considered the first Formula One race, and the 1948 Italian Grand Prix. These races were generally known as the Gran Premio del Valentino.

Year	Race title	Race winner	Car	Circuit Length
I Gran Premio del Valentino	ITA Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo Tipo B	4.088 km	Report
Circuito di Torino	NOR Eugen Bjørnstad	ERA A-Type	2.926 km	Report
II Gran Premio del Valentino	ITA Antonio Brivio	Alfa Romeo 12C-36	2.926 km	Report
Coppa Brezzi	ITA Piero Dusio	Cisitalia D46	4.720 km	Report
Turin Grand Prix	ITA Achille Varzi	Alfa Romeo 158	4.720 km	Report
IV Gran Premio del Valentino	FRA Raymond Sommer	Ferrari 159 S	4.801 km	Report
Italian Grand Prix	FRA Jean-Pierre Wimille	Alfa Romeo 158	4.801 km	Report
VI Gran Premio del Valentino	ITA Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari 375	4.196 km	Report
VII Gran Premio del Valentino	ITA Alberto Ascari	Lancia D50	4.200 km	Report

Layout history

Park contents

Buildings within the park include:

The Botanical Gardens
The Baroque Castle (Castello del Valentino)
Medieval Castle and Village
The Torino Esposizioni and Underground Pavilion Complex
Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti
Villa Glicini

Gallery

File:Borgo medievale TO.jpg|The Borgo Medioevale in Valentino Park. File:Statua cesare battisti valentino.jpg|Statue of Cesare Battisti in Valentino Park. File:Flor 61-rid.3.gif|Suggestive view of the lighting of a rock garden of Valentino Park, created by Guido Chiarelli for Expo 61 File:Valentino castle.jpg|The Castello del Valentino File:Torino Arco monumentale all'Arma di Artigleria 2.jpg|Arco del Valentino File:Torino Fontana dei 12 Mesi 09.jpg|Fontana dei 12 mesi (Fountain of the 12 months)

References

"The Valentino Park". www.comune.torino.it.
Diepraam, Mattijs. (8 June 2009). "My racy Valentine".
"Parco del Valentino". www.autoracingrecords.com.
"Valentino Park - Grand Prix Circuit (1952)". theracingline.net.

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