First site of the Comune di Torino

The Comune di Torino manages the domain comune.to.it, its own institutional presence online.

According to a 2025 announcement by the Comune, not confirmed by other sources, the city's first institutional site would date back to around 1995; the Comune's digital transformation would then have continued in the late 1990s with smart-card experiments, up to the card for access to city services introduced in 2001.

Copies preserved by the web archive show comune.to.it online from 1997; the domain of the smaller Comune di Collegno, comune.collegno.to.it, is instead visible as early as 1996, a year before the provincial capital.¹

The first page of comune.to.it (1997)

The first captured page of comune.to.it, from 25 May 1997, presented itself as the «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», with sections informacittà, informambiente, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro.¹

The site linked to other bodies of the civic network — Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Torino, CSI Piemonte, ARPnet, Camera di Commercio di Torino — and hosted the pages of outside bodies such as the Prefettura di Torino, Amiat, the Ordine Mauriziano, ATM and the Teatro Stabile Torino.¹

Among the featured projects was «Porta Susa in VRML», a three-dimensional reconstruction of the station linked to the memorandum of understanding for Torino 2000, and the counter declared visits since 2 June 1995.¹

The content of the first site, recorded in May 1997

The site comune.to.it, recorded by the web archive on 25 May 1997 as «Comune di Torino: Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», declared visits «starting from 2 June 1995» and showed a 1996 copyright; it was run by the Servizio Centrale Sistema Informativo, Redazione WWW, based at via Garibaldi 18.¹

Among its sections were informacittà, informambiente, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro, the Amministrazione Comunale with the Consiglio Comunale and Regolamento, the Anagrafe, Edilizia e Piano Regolatore, and Cartografia, as well as tourism and culture features (including the Biennale Giovani Artisti); a «Torino 2000» section presented the memorandum of understanding for the Olympic bid and a VRML model of Porta Susa.¹

The Servizio Telematico Pubblico in 1997: content, hosted sites and contacts

The oldest snapshot of the site, from May 1997, presented it as "Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino", with a 1996 copyright and a counter of "visits since 2 June 1995"; the page recommended viewing with Netscape 3.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0 at 800x600 resolution and named the Servizio Centrale Sistema Informativo, at via Garibaldi 18, as its editorial office.¹ Besides sections on city administration, the city council, culture (including the Biennale Giovani Artisti) and tourism, the site hosted the pages of other bodies — including the Prefettura di Torino, Amiat, Ordine Mauriziano, ATM and Teatro Stabile Torino — and linked to the sites of Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Torino, CSI Piemonte and the Camera di Commercio di Torino.¹

The 1997 portal and the migration to comune.torino.it

The oldest known snapshot of comune.to.it, from 25 May 1997, was titled «Comune di Torino: Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino» and already offered the sections informacittà, agenzia bisettimanale, informambiente, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro.

In the latest known snapshot, from 16 February 2026, the address comune.to.it is recorded as redirecting to the Comune's current site, comune.torino.it.

From the Servizio Telematico Pubblico to the 2008 site

On 14 September 2000 the site presents itself as «Servizio Telematico Pubblico - Città di Torino», with an extensive menu covering city administration, environment and territory, art and culture, welfare and health, economy and employment, and education and schools, as well as a weather section and an internal search engine.¹

The last copy with the site still active in this layout dates from 27 August 2008 and reports, among other things, the scheme for subsidised first-home mortgages for people under 35, the «Indirizzi di politica urbanistica» document open to public debate via an online forum, and a card for residents turning 60 in 2008.²

The Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino

The site comune.to.it, in the earliest copy traced by the Web Archive on 25 May 1997, presents itself as the «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», with features such as Informacittà, Informambiente, Informagiovani and Informahandicap.¹ In 2000 it publishes a periodic newsletter in numbered, dated editions.² The last working copy, from 27 August 2008, still reports municipal services, such as a scheme to cut rental costs for people under 35.³

The Servizio Telematico Pubblico in the archive

The snapshot from 14 September 2000 shows it renamed "Servizio Telematico Pubblico - Città di Torino"; the last capture with the site still active, under the same name, dates from 27 August 2008.

The telematic service active since 1995 and the network of hosted sites

The first snapshot traced of the site, from 25 May 1997, states that visits to the Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino were possible «from 2 June 1995», almost two years before this capture.¹ The 1997 homepage lists sections such as Informacittà, Informambiente, Informagiovani, Informahandicap and Informalavoro, as well as a «Web Ospitati» section with the sites of other bodies and institutions, including the Prefettura di Torino, Amiat, Ordine Mauriziano, ATM, Teatro Stabile Torino and the Polizia di Stato.¹ In the snapshot from 14 September 2000 the portal has grown into a broad index organised by subject area (city administration, environment and territory, art and culture, welfare and health, economy and employment, education and schools).²

The comune.to.it site in the web archive (1997-2008)

In the snapshot from 14 September 2000 the portal is organised into thematic sections (City Administration, Environment and Territory, Art and Culture, Welfare and Health, Economy and Employment, Education and Schools), with editions also in English, French, Spanish and German. In the last snapshot with its own content, from 27 August 2008, the site publishes schemes for subsidised first-home mortgages for people under 35, the card for residents turning 60, and the exhibition «Il Celeste Impero» at the Museo di Antichità.

The comune.to.it site up to 2008: from the 2000 portal to the last news published

In the snapshot from 14 September 2000 the site comune.to.it presents itself as an already mature portal, with sections devoted to city administration, notices and announcements, environment and territory, art and culture, welfare and health, and economy and employment, as well as a version in English, French, Spanish and German. In the last snapshot with the site still active, from 27 August 2008, the Comune publishes among its news a scheme for subsidised-rate mortgages for first-home purchases by residents under 35, an urban-policy guidelines document open to public discussion, the exhibition «Il Celeste Impero» at the Museo di Antichità, and special rankings for enrolment in municipal nurseries for the 2008-2009 year.

The comune.to.it site in the web archive (1997-2008)

The first archive capture of the site comune.to.it, from 25 May 1997, presents it as the «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», with the sections Informacittà, Informagiovani, Informahandicap and Informalavoro; the homepage news also includes the fire at the Cattedrale di Torino. In the capture from 14 September 2000 the site also offers editions in English, French, Spanish and German, as well as an internal search engine and weather forecasts. The last capture with content, from 27 August 2008, publishes a notice on subsidised mortgages for residents under 35.

The comune.to.it portal in the web archive (1997-2008)

In September 2000 the site publishes a numbered bulletin («Edizione del 14 settembre 2000», no. 173/2000). The last snapshot with content, from August 2008, reports a scheme for subsidised mortgages for residents of Turin under 35 for at least a year.

The comune.to.it domain in the web archive

The domain comune.to.it, in the web archive since 25 May 1997, is the first Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino: the page shows a visit counter active since 2 June 1995 and the editorial office at via Garibaldi 18. In 2008 the portal offers online services such as subsidised-rate mortgages for people under 35 and a free card for residents turning 60.

The Servizio Telematico Pubblico in the web archive (1997-2000)

The first snapshot of the site comune.to.it in the web archive, from 25 May 1997, presents the «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», run by the Servizio Centrale Sistema Informativo — Redazione WWW, based at via Garibaldi 18; the page declares visits «since 2 June 1995», a date earlier than the first snapshot preserved by the archive.

The site in 2008: a scheme for young people

In the snapshot from 27 August 2008, the site comune.to.it reported a municipal scheme that allowed people under 35 who had lived in Turin for at least a year, with a household income below 37,466 euros, to apply by 15 October for a subsidised fixed-rate mortgage, guaranteed by the city administration, to buy a first home.

The fundraiser for the Duomo fire on the 1997 site

On the homepage from May 1997, the site comune.to.it raises funds for the Duomo di Torino fire through a dedicated current account at the Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, and hosts, besides its own content, the sites of bodies such as the Prefettura di Torino, Amiat, Ordine Mauriziano and the Teatro Stabile di Torino. The visit counter shows visits since 2 June 1995. In the last recorded update, from August 2008, the site still offers municipal services such as subsidised first-home mortgages for young residents of Turin.

The content of the first site (1997) and the move to multiple languages (2000)

The first snapshot of the site, from 25 May 1997, presented itself as the "Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino" with the features informacittà, informambiente, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro, and among the featured content was a news item on the Duomo fire. In the last capture from 2008 the site advertised a subsidised fixed-rate first-home mortgage reserved for residents under 35 with a household income below 37,466 euros.

The comune.to.it site: from the 1997 Servizio Telematico Pubblico to multilingual versions

By 14 September 2000 the site has expanded with an edition in English, French, Spanish and German and a menu divided into subject areas, including city administration, environment and territory, art and culture, welfare and health, economy and employment, and education and schools.

The comune.to.it site: from the Servizio Telematico Pubblico to the 2008 portal

In the copy from 14 September 2000 the site, by then also available in English, French, Spanish and German, is reorganised by subject area (City Administration, Environment and Territory, Art and Culture, Welfare and Health, Economy and Employment, Education and Schools) and offers services such as euro conversion, maternity allowances for a third child, and a support service for elderly victims of violence. In the last working copy, from 27 August 2008, the site publishes a scheme for subsidised fixed-rate mortgages for people under 35, a free card for residents turning 60 in 2008, and the exhibition «Il Celeste Impero» at the Museo di Antichità.

Twenty years of comune.to.it, from 1997 to 2008

The first snapshot of the site, from 25 May 1997, presents itself as the «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», with a visit counter active since 2 June 1995 and sections devoted to informacittà, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro, as well as a relief fund for the Duomo fire. A snapshot from 27 August 2008 shows the site active with service news such as subsidised mortgages for people under 35 and a card for residents turning 60.

The site's first «looks»: the 1997 frames version and the 2000 numbered edition

The first snapshot of the site, dated 25 May 1997, shows a structure of features — «informacittà», «agenzia bisettimanale», «informambiente», «informagiovani», «informahandicap», «informalavoro» — with direct links to the sites of Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Torino, CSI Piemonte and Camera di Commercio di Torino, as well as hosted pages of bodies such as Prefettura di Torino, Amiat, Ordine Mauriziano and Teatro Stabile Torino; the site recommended viewing with Netscape 3.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0 at 800x600 resolution and carried at the foot the name of the responsible office, the Servizio Centrale Sistema Informativo - Redazione WWW, based at via Garibaldi 18.

By 14 September 2000 the site had been redesigned into a series of progressively numbered «editions» (the snapshot from that day bears the number 173/2000), also available in English, French, Spanish and German, with the features reorganised into sections such as City Administration, Art and Culture, Economy and Employment, and Education and Schools.

From the first telematic service of 1997 to the subsidised mortgages of 2008

In the edition from 14 September 2000 the site, by then at «edition 173», also offered versions in English, French, Spanish and German, an advanced search based on Java applications, and weather forecasts.

In the last snapshot with the site still active, from 27 August 2008, there is an announcement from the Comune for people under 35 who had lived in Turin for at least a year, with a household income below 37,466 euros: from 1 September to 15 October they could apply for a subsidised fixed-rate mortgage, guaranteed by the city administration, to buy a first home.

The Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino, from 1997 to 2008

In the snapshot from 14 September 2000 the site, updated daily, is also available in English, French, Spanish and German. In the snapshot from 27 August 2008 the portal publishes a municipal scheme for subsidised-rate mortgages aimed at people under 35 resident in Turin for buying a first home.

The comune.to.it site, from the first 1997 edition to the 2008 initiatives

In the archive's first snapshot, from 25 May 1997, the site of the Comune di Torino presents itself as the «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», with the sections informacittà, informambiente, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro, a list of linked public websites (Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Torino, CSI Piemonte, Camera di Commercio) and the note that visits had been recorded since 2 June 1995. In the snapshot from September 2000 the site offers versions in English, French, Spanish and German and a structure organised into broad areas (City Administration, Environment and Territory, Art and Culture, Welfare and Health, Economy and Employment, Education and Schools). In the last working snapshot, from August 2008, the homepage advertises current initiatives: a subsidised mortgage for people under 35 to buy a first home, the consultation document «Indirizzi di politica urbanistica», a card for residents turning 60 in 2008, and the exhibition «Il Celeste Impero» at the Museo di Antichità.

The services of the comune.to.it portal (1997-2008)

From 2000 the site, renamed «Servizio Telematico Pubblico», was also presented in English, French, Spanish and German. In 2008 the portal was advertising a municipal scheme for subsidised fixed-rate mortgages, guaranteed by the administration, for buying a first home by residents under 35 with a household income below 37,466 euros.

The comune.to.it site between 1997 and 2008

In the earliest known snapshot, from 25 May 1997, the site comune.to.it declared itself online since 2 June 1995 ("Consultazioni dal 2 giugno 1995") and also hosted pages of other bodies, including Prefettura di Torino, Amiat and Teatro Stabile di Torino. In the snapshot from 14 September 2000 it had become a multilingual portal organised by subject area (administration, environment, culture, health, economy, education); a snapshot from 27 August 2008 shows it still active, with news on subsidised mortgages for people under 35 and a card for sixty-year-old residents of Turin.

The first snapshot of 25 May 1997 and the Duomo fire

The first available snapshot of the site comune.to.it, from 25 May 1997, lists on the homepage features such as Informacittà, Informambiente, Informagiovani, Informahandicap and Informalavoro, a link devoted to the Duomo fire, and a relief fund with a current account at the Cassa di Risparmio di Torino.

From 1997 to 2008: three snapshots of the Comune's first site

In the snapshot from 14 September 2000 the site publishes numbered editions of the telematic service, while in the one from 27 August 2008, described as the Comune's official site, it offers a scheme for subsidised mortgages for people under 35 with a household income below 37,466 euros.

The account for the Duomo fire in the first 1997 snapshot

The first available snapshot, from 25 May 1997, of the site of the Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino publishes among the homepage content a current account for the fundraiser after the Duomo fire, registered to the Città di Torino at the Cassa di Risparmio di Torino. The snapshot from 14 September 2000 shows the site organised into numbered editions, with that day's marked as the 173rd of 2000.

From 1997 to 2008: the Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città

In the snapshot from 14 September 2000 the site publishes a dated edition, with a summary and quick access to content. In the snapshot from 27 August 2008, the last one recorded, the site publishes a scheme for rent contributions aimed at people under 35 who had lived in Turin for at least a year, with a household income below 37,466 euros.

comune.to.it, from 1997 to the 2008 scheme for young people

In the snapshot from 14 September 2000 the service publishes a dated, numbered periodic bulletin. In the last live snapshot, from 27 August 2008, the site informs people under 35 resident in Turin of a scheme for access to a financial contribution linked to household income.

The comune.to.it site, from 1997 to the 2008 portal

On 14 September 2000 the portal is also available in English, French, Spanish and German, with a section devoted to weather forecasts and an internal search engine.

The comune.to.it portal, from 1997 to the online services of 2000 and 2008

The first web-archive snapshot of comune.to.it, from 25 May 1997, shows the site as the «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», with features such as informacittà, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro, and links to Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Torino, CSI Piemonte and Camera di Commercio di Torino; there was also a notice about a fundraiser linked to the 1997 Duomo di Torino fire. In the version from 14 September 2000 the portal offered a multilingual edition in English, French, Spanish and German, an advanced search and weather forecasts, as well as the city administration sections. In 2008 the site published specific schemes, such as the one for subsidised-rate mortgages for buying a first home reserved for residents of Turin under 35 with a household income below 37,466 euros.

From the informacittà of 1997 to the online schemes of 2008

On 14 September 2000 it was publishing numbered editions of the service, with a version in English. On 27 August 2008 the site was still being updated, with a scheme for subsidised mortgages aimed at people under 35 resident in Turin.

The features and editions of the Servizio Telematico Pubblico

In the last snapshot collected in the historic layout, from 27 August 2008, the site was advertising a municipal scheme for subsidised fixed-rate mortgages reserved for people under 35 who had lived in Turin for at least a year with a household income below 37,466 euros.

The services of the Servizio Telematico Pubblico

The first site of the Comune di Torino, comune.to.it, collected by the web archive from May 1997, presented itself as the «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino» and already offered thematic information services such as informacittà, informambiente, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro. The site remained updated until at least August 2008, with notices such as the one on subsidised fixed-rate mortgages for people under 35 resident in Turin.

The 2000 redesign and the last capture of 2008

By September 2000 the site had been redesigned and renamed «Servizio Telematico Pubblico - Città di Torino», with a search engine and versions in English, French, Spanish and German. It remained online with the same layout at least until August 2008, when it was advertising a scheme for subsidised fixed-rate mortgages for buying a first home, reserved for people under 35 who had lived in Turin for at least a year.

From the 1997 sections to the multilingual editions of the Servizio Telematico Pubblico

The first snapshot of the domain comune.to.it, from 25 May 1997, shows the «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino» already organised into sections such as informacittà, agenzia bisettimanale, informambiente, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro. The snapshot from 14 September 2000, numbered «Edizione del 14 settembre 2000 - 173/2000 - IV», shows the site divided into dated periodic editions and available in English, French, Spanish and German versions besides Italian, with a «quick access» to content. In the last useful snapshot, from 27 August 2008, the civic bulletin announced that from 1 September to 15 October applications would open for a subsidised fixed-rate mortgage reserved for people under 35 who had lived in Turin for at least a year with a household income below 37,466 euros.

The Servizio Telematico Pubblico, online since 1997

In September 2000 it keeps the same name, shortened to «Servizio Telematico Pubblico - Città di Torino», a name it retains until the last capture with content, from 27 August 2008, when it describes itself as the «official site of the Comune di Torino».

The City's «Servizio Telematico Pubblico», from the first capture of 1997

The first capture by the web archive of comune.to.it, from 25 May 1997, shows the site under the name «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», run by the Servizio Centrale Sistema Informativo - redazione WWW, based at via Garibaldi 18; the page declares visits since 2 June 1995 and recommends viewing with Netscape 3.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0 at 800x600 resolution. In the last live capture, from 27 August 2008, the site still reports current administrative initiatives, such as a scheme for subsidised first-home mortgages aimed at people under 35.

From 1997 to 2008: three snapshots of the historic site

The oldest available capture, from 25 May 1997, shows the «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», based at via Garibaldi 18, with sections on city administration, tourism and culture. The one from 14 September 2000 documents a renewed look, dated «edizione del 14 settembre 2000» and with access in several languages. The last capture with full content, from 27 August 2008, shows the site still active with current news on city administration.

Timeline of the comune.to.it domain

The domain comune.to.it has been online since 25 May 1997 as «Comune di Torino: Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino»; from 14 September 2000 the heading is simplified to «Servizio Telematico Pubblico - Città di Torino», a form that remains unchanged until the last snapshot preserved by the archive, from 27 August 2008.

The editions of the Servizio Telematico Pubblico

In 2008 an edition reported, as an example of the kind of information circulated, on favourable fixed-rate mortgages reserved by the Comune for people under 35 who had lived in Turin for at least a year with a household income below 37,466 euros.

The last version of the site, in August 2008

In the same period the Museo di Antichità was hosting the exhibition «Il Celeste Impero», devoted to China, and some Circoscrizioni were starting special rankings for municipal nurseries for the 2008-2009 school year.¹

The first versions of the Comune's site in the web archive

The oldest version of the site comune.to.it preserved by the web archive, from 25 May 1997, pointed to a fundraiser for restoration after the Duomo fire, with details of a dedicated current account, alongside the features Informacittà, Informambiente, Informagiovani, Informahandicap and Informalavoro.

The comune.to.it site

The site of the Comune di Torino at the domain comune.to.it is recorded by the web archive as early as 1997-05-25; in the 2000-09-14 edition it offered quick access and a text-only version, while the last copy recorded, from 2008-08-27, offered residents of Turin under 35 with a household income below 37,466 euros the chance to apply for a first-home mortgage.

Sources

web.archive.org
web.archive.org — 25 May 1997
Internet Archive Wayback Machine — 16 February 2026
Web Archive (comune.to.it) — 14 September 2000
Web Archive (comune.to.it) — 27 August 2008
Web Archive (comune.to.it) — 25 May 1997
Internet Archive - Wayback Machine — 25 May 1997
Internet Archive - Wayback Machine — 14 September 2000
Internet Archive - Wayback Machine — 27 August 2008

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