{"id":1100,"date":"2014-08-29T09:18:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T09:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/turin\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2014-10-01T15:00:50","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T15:00:50","slug":"masks-piazza-san-carlo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/turin-city\/what-to-see-in-turin\/masks-piazza-san-carlo\/","title":{"rendered":"The masks of Piazza San Carlo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/turin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/maschere-visione-palazzo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1096\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/turin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/maschere-visione-palazzo.jpg\" alt=\"maschere-visione-palazzo\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/maschere-visione-palazzo.jpg 960w, http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/maschere-visione-palazzo-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/maschere-visione-palazzo-700x393.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These\u00a0are the masks that adorn the walls of\u00a0buildings in\u00a0Piazza San Carlo, located in the Turin city center. These reliefs were chiseled in the mid-1600s, the brainchild of architect Carlo di Castellamonte, who also designed one of the buildings in\u00a0the square.<br \/>\nAfter the last restoration in 2001, if you pay attention you can notice that the color is changing by the time during\u00a0the day.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1100 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/maschere3.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/maschere3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/maschere3-150x150.jpg 150w, 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These reliefs were chiseled in the mid-1600s, the brainchild of architect Carlo di Castellamonte, who also designed one of the buildings in\u00a0the square. After the last restoration in 2001, if you pay attention you can notice that the &#8230;<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[28,45,61],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/08\/maschere-visione-palazzo.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5cExe-hK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":339,"url":"http:\/\/www.dearitaly.com\/piedmont\/turin-city\/what-to-see-in-turin\/piazza-san-carlo-turin\/","url_meta":{"origin":1100,"position":0},"title":"Piazza San Carlo: the most beautiful square of Turin","date":"November 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The most beautiful square of Turin that preserves the harmonious and uniform seventeenth century look given by the royal architect Carlo di Castellamonte (1642-1650). 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