Moncalieri

Moncalieri is a small town perched around a hill south east of Turin in Piedmont.

Understand
The town is crowned by the 12th century (enlarged in the 15th century) castle, which is part of the World Heritage Site: Residences of the Royal House of Savoy.

The historic centre of Moncalieri develops around Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, a few tens of metres south of the Royal Castle, on a hill approximately 50 m above the rest of the city. The square, the most important in Moncalieri, overlooks the churches of Santa Maria della Scala and San Francesco, the town hall and numerous medieval buildings. A short distance from the square is the Real Collegio Carlo Alberto.

The street that connects the station to the square is called Via S. Martino and, together with Via Alfieri and Via Real Collegio, represents one of the three axes that cross the centre.

The historic centre is bordered to the south by Piazzale Caduti per la Libertà and Via Cristoforo Colombo, here is the church of S. Egidio, founded by the Templars in the 13th century. To the west the historic centre is bordered by Via Torino, to the north by Viale del Castello and to the east by Viale Rimembranza.

By plane
The closest airport is Turin.

By car
The city is served by the Turin Southern Ring Road through three junctions:
 * SS20 - The Loggia
 * Southern Turin - Corso Unità d'Italia - Lingotto Fiere - Moncalieri
 * A6 Turin - Savona motorway

By train
Moncalieri is served by two railway stations: The journey time from Turin is approximately 10 minutes from the Torino Porta Nuova and Torino Porta Susa stations and 4 minutes from the Torino Lingotto station.
 * the Moncalieri station (near the historic centre), located on the common section of the Turin-Genoa railway and Turin-Savona railway lines, served by the SFM1, SFM4 , SFM6 and SFM7 lines of the Turin metropolitan railway system
 * the Moncalieri Sangone station, on the Turin-Pinerolo line, served by the SFM2 line of the Turin metropolitan railway system.

Eat
There are a number of restaurants around the Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II.