Italy Guide
Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
The huge Mole Antonelliana, whose bishop's-hat dome, topped by a pagoda-like spire balancing on a mini-Greek temple, is a distinctive landmark and has been adopted as the city's emblem. The decision to house the modern Museo Nazionale del Cinema Opening time: Tues– Fri & Sun 9am–8pm, Sat 9am–11pmPrice: €6.50 or €8 with lift to top 
www.museocinema.it ) in this rather unusual building seems a suitable way to celebrate the sheer spectacle of the place. Turin's involvement with cinema goes back to the early years of the twentieth century, when it was one of the first Italian cities to import and experiment with the new medium. The interesting museum covers the early days of the magic lantern and experimental moving pictures, the development of the cinema as a global phenomenon, and twenty-first-century special effects.