top of page
Writer's picturePalladian Routes

Casanova and Turin

Updated: Jul 20, 2022

Giacomo Casanova is often portrayed as a Don Juan obsessed with sexual performance, a cynical and immoral dissimulator: this probably confuses the character with his caricature.


The journey of the Venetian traveler has certainly blurred the tracks: adventurer, lover of more than a hundred women, exiled to a thousand trades, the man made his life a job.


He says that Turin can offer everything you could want in terms of sex and love, but that being a very small city you are not immune to gossip, quite the contrary. Casanova loved Turin, he would go there seven times. His opinion of the city is absolutely flattering: "Everything is beautiful, the buildings, the streets, the court", even if he does not overlook the excessive number of beggars in the alleys. The womanizer par excellence also gives his vote to the ladies of Turin. "They are all beautiful, starting with the Duchesses of Savoy," he notes.


Casanova also appreciated Turin for its cuisine: there is no better place to eat and drink than in the Savoy capital. A true combination of life's pleasures, therefore, that reinforce each other, creating what seems to be the ideal city for a character like Giacomo Casanova, who despite himself became one of the first true admirers of the city.


Come and discover and admire Turin too!




44 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All

Comments


bottom of page