Turin: Discovering the Supernatural in ‘the Detroit of Italy’
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 08.01.07 | 1:50 PM ET
Despite its bona fides as the home of Primo Levi and the headquarters of the Slow Food movement—not to mention the 2006 Winter Olympics—that appellation helped keep David Farley away from Turin during his many travels through Italy. Farley, a World Hum contributor, finally made it there recently, and as he recounts in a fine story for the Washington Post, Turin has an “intriguing supernatural side.” He writes: “I quickly learned (from about every local I spoke to) that Turin lies on the axis of white magic (along with Lyon, France, and Prague) and the axis of black magic (which it shares with London and San Francisco), making it one powerful place, if you believe in that stuff.”
Related on World Hum:
* David Farley and Jessie Sholl: A Passion for Prague
* Ben’s Place: Turin, Italy
Related on TravelChannel.com
* Samantha Brown’s Guide to Turin
Photo of Turin, Italy during the 2006 Winter Olympics by bluviolin, via Flickr (Creative Commons).