Turin - Palazzo dell'Accademia delle Scienze
Opposite the Palazzo Carignano in Turin, to the southwest, is the Palazzo dell'Accademia delle Scienze, built by Guarini (1679) as a Jesuit college and made over to the Academy of Sciences in 1758.
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Palazzo dell'Accademia delle Scienze
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Egyptian Museum
The Palazzo dell'Accademia delle Scienze in Turin houses the Egyptian Museum, one of the finest collections of Egyptian antiquities in the world, with numerous statues of pharaohs of the New Kingdom, including Rameses II, papyruses and two tomb chambers from Thebes.
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | Closed | 8:30 | 8:30 | 8:30 | 8:30 | 8:30 | 8:30 |
| Close | 19:30 | 19:30 | 19:30 | 19:30 | 19:30 | 19:30 |
Always closed on:
New Year's Day (January 1)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
May Day / Labor Day (May 1)
Christmas - Christian (December 25)
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
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Monument to Cavour
Via Maria Vittoria runs from the church southeast to the Piazza Carlo Emanuele II, where there is a marble monument (1873) to Camillo Cavour (1810-61), a native of Turin, the great statesman who achieved Italian unity, and the church of Santa Croce, designed by Juvarra in 1718.
