First website of the Municipality of Turin

The Municipality of Turin runs the domain comune.to.it, its institutional presence online.

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

Copies preserved by the web archive show comune.to.it online from 1997; the domain of the smaller municipality of 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 «Public Telematic Service of the City of Turin», with the 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 organisations 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 tied to the memorandum of understanding for Turin 2000, and the visit counter declared hits recorded since 2 June 1995.¹

The editorial office was based at via Garibaldi 18, signed «Copyright © 1996, Comune di Torino, Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città».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 hits "from 2 June 1995" and carried the 1996 copyright; it was curated by the Servizio Centrale Sistema Informativo, Redazione WWW, based at via Garibaldi 18.¹

Its sections included informacittà, informambiente, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro, the Amministrazione Comunale with the Consiglio Comunale and the Regolamento, the Anagrafe (civil registry), Edilizia e Piano Regolatore (building and zoning plan), 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 Public Telematic Service 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 the 1996 copyright and a counter of "hits 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 municipal administration, the city council, culture (including the Biennale Giovani Artisti) and tourism, the site hosted the pages of other bodies — among them the Prefettura di Torino, Amiat, the Ordine Mauriziano, ATM and the 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 archived as a redirect to the Municipality's current site, comune.torino.it.

From the Public Telematic Service to the 2008 site

On 14 September 2000 the site presented itself as «Servizio Telematico Pubblico - Città di Torino», with an extensive menu on municipal administration, environment and territory, art and culture, assistance and health, economy and work, and education and school, as well as a weather section and an internal search engine.¹

The last copy with the site still active in this structure dates to 27 August 2008 and reports, among other things, a call for subsidised first-home mortgages for under-35s, the document «Indirizzi di politica urbanistica» (urban planning guidelines) open for public debate via an online forum, and a card for citizens turning 60 in 2008.²

The Public Telematic Service of the City of Turin

The site comune.to.it, in the first copy traced by the Web Archive on 25 May 1997, presents itself as the «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», with sections such as Informacittà, Informambiente, Informagiovani and Informahandicap.¹ In 2000 it published a periodic newsletter in numbered, dated editions.² The last working copy, from 27 August 2008, still lists municipal services, such as a call for reduced rents aimed at under-35s.³

The Public Telematic Service in the archive

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

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

The oldest traced snapshot of the site, from 25 May 1997, states that visits to the Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino had been possible "since 2 June 1995", nearly two years before this scan.¹ The 1997 homepage lists sections such as Informacittà, Informambiente, Informagiovani, Informahandicap and Informalavoro, as well as a «Web Ospitati» (hosted sites) section with the pages of other bodies and institutions, including the Prefettura di Torino, Amiat, the Ordine Mauriziano, Atm, the Teatro Stabile Torino and the Polizia di Stato.¹ In the 14 September 2000 snapshot the portal had grown into a broad index organised by subject area (municipal administration, environment and territory, art and culture, assistance and health, economy and work, education and school).²

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

In the 14 September 2000 snapshot the portal is organised into thematic sections (Amministrazione comunale, Ambiente e territorio, Arte e cultura, Assistenza e sanità, Economia e lavoro, Formazione e scuola), with editions also in English, French, Spanish and German. In the last snapshot with its own content, from 27 August 2008, the site published calls for subsidised first-home mortgages for under-35s, a card for citizens turning 60, and the exhibition «Il Celeste Impero» at the Museo di Antichità.

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

In the 14 September 2000 snapshot the site comune.to.it presents itself as an already mature portal, with sections on municipal administration, calls and notices, environment and territory, art and culture, assistance and health, economy and work, as well as an English, French, Spanish and German version. In the last snapshot with the site still active, from 27 August 2008, the Municipality published among its news a call for subsidised-rate mortgages for first-home purchases by under-35 residents, a document of urban planning guidelines open to public discussion, the exhibition «Il Celeste Impero» at the Museo di Antichità, and special waiting lists for enrolment in municipal nurseries for the 2008-2009 year.

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

The first archived capture of the site comune.to.it, from 25 May 1997, presents it as «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», with the sections Informacittà, Informagiovani, Informahandicap and Informalavoro; the homepage news also includes the fire at Turin Cathedral. In the 14 September 2000 capture the site also offers English, French, Spanish and German editions, 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 young residents under 35.

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

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

The domain comune.to.it 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 hit counter running since 2 June 1995 and the editorial office at via Garibaldi 18. In 2008 the portal offered online services such as subsidised-rate mortgages for under-35s and a free card for citizens turning 60.

The Public Telematic Service 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», curated by the Servizio Centrale Sistema Informativo — Redazione WWW, based at via Garibaldi 18; the page declares hits "from 2 June 1995", a date earlier than the archive's first preserved snapshot.

The site in 2008: a call for young people

In the 27 August 2008 snapshot, the site comune.to.it announced a municipal call allowing under-35s who had lived in Turin for at least a year, with a household income below €37,466, to apply by 15 October for a subsidised fixed-rate mortgage, guaranteed by the municipal administration, to buy a first home.

The fundraiser for the Cathedral fire on the 1997 site

On the May 1997 homepage, the site comune.to.it collected funds for the fire at the Duomo di Torino through a dedicated account at the Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, and hosted, besides its own content, the sites of bodies such as the Prefettura di Torino, Amiat, the Ordine Mauriziano and the Teatro Stabile di Torino. The visit counter shows hits 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 Turin residents.

The content of the first site (1997) and the multilingual opening (2000)

The first snapshot of the site, from 25 May 1997, presented itself as "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 Cathedral fire. In the last 2008 capture the site advertised a subsidised fixed-rate first-home mortgage reserved for under-35 residents with a household income below €37,466.

The site comune.to.it: from the 1997 Public Telematic Service to the multilingual versions

By 14 September 2000 the site had expanded with an English, French, Spanish and German edition and a menu split by subject area, including municipal administration, environment and territory, art and culture, assistance and health, economy and work, education and school.

The site comune.to.it: from the Public Telematic Service to the 2008 portal

In the 14 September 2000 copy the site, by then also available in English, French, Spanish and German, is reorganised by subject area (Amministrazione Comunale, Ambiente e Territorio, Arte e Cultura, Assistenza e Sanità, Economia e Lavoro, Formazione e Scuola) and offers services such as a euro converter, maternity allowances for a third child, and a help service for elderly victims of abuse. In the last working copy, from 27 August 2008, the site publishes a call for subsidised fixed-rate mortgages for under-35s, a free card for citizens 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 «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», with a hit counter running since 2 June 1995 and sections devoted to informacittà, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro, as well as a relief fund for the Cathedral fire. A snapshot from 27 August 2008 shows the site active with service news such as subsidised mortgages for under-35s and a card for citizens turning 60.

The site's first "looks": the 1997 frame-based 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 the Prefettura di Torino, Amiat, the Ordine Mauriziano and the Teatro Stabile Torino; the site recommended viewing with Netscape 3.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0 at 800x600 resolution and credited at the bottom the office in charge, 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" (that day's snapshot bears the number 173/2000), also available in English, French, Spanish and German, with its features reorganised into sections such as Amministrazione Comunale, Arte e Cultura, Economia e Lavoro and Formazione e Scuola.

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

In the 14 September 2000 edition the site, having reached "edition 173", also offered English, French, Spanish and German versions, an advanced search based on Java applications, and weather forecasts.

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

The Public Telematic Service of the City of Turin, from 1997 to 2008

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

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

In the first archived snapshot, from 25 May 1997, the Municipality of Turin's site presents itself as «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 a note that visits had been logged since 2 June 1995. In the September 2000 snapshot the site offers English, French, Spanish and German versions and a structure by broad area (Amministrazione comunale, Ambiente e territorio, Arte e cultura, Assistenza e sanità, Economia e lavoro, Formazione e scuola). In the last working snapshot, from August 2008, the homepage advertises current initiatives: a subsidised mortgage for under-35s buying a first home, the consultation document «Indirizzi di politica urbanistica», a card for citizens turning 60 in 2008, and the exhibition «Il Celeste Impero» at the Museo di Antichità.

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

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

The site comune.to.it between 1997 and 2008

In the oldest 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 the Prefettura di Torino, Amiat and the Teatro Stabile di Torino. In the 14 September 2000 snapshot it had become a multilingual portal organised by subject area (administration, environment, culture, health, economy, school); a snapshot from 27 August 2008 shows it still active, with news on subsidised mortgages for under-35s and a card for sixty-year-old Turin residents.

The first snapshot of 25 May 1997 and the Cathedral fire

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

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

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

The account for the Cathedral 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 its homepage content a current account for fundraising after the Cathedral fire, held by the Città di Torino at the Cassa di Risparmio di Torino. The 14 September 2000 snapshot shows the site organised into numbered editions, with that day's marked as the 173rd of 2000.

From 1997 to 2008: the Public Telematic Service of the City

In the 14 September 2000 snapshot the site publishes a dated edition, with a summary and quick access to content. In the 27 August 2008 snapshot, the last one recorded, the site publishes a call for rent subsidies aimed at under-35s who had been resident in Turin for at least a year, with a household income below €37,466.

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

In the 14 September 2000 snapshot the service publishes a dated, numbered periodic bulletin. In the last live snapshot, from 27 August 2008, the site informs Turin residents under 35 of a call for an income-linked financial contribution.

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

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

The portal comune.to.it, 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 «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; it also carried a reference to a fundraiser tied to the 1997 fire at Turin Cathedral. In the 14 September 2000 version the portal offered a multilingual edition in English, French, Spanish and German, an advanced search and weather forecasts, besides the municipal administration's sections. In 2008 the site published specific calls, such as one for subsidised-rate mortgages for first-home purchases reserved for Turin residents under 35 with a household income below €37,466.

From the 1997 informacittà to the 2008 online calls

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

The features and editions of the Public Telematic Service

In the last snapshot collected in the historic format, from 27 August 2008, the site advertised a municipal call for subsidised fixed-rate mortgages reserved for under-35s resident in Turin for at least a year with a household income below €37,466.

The services of the Public Telematic Service

The Municipality of Turin's first site, comune.to.it, collected by the web archive from May 1997, presented itself as «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 Turin residents under 35.

The 2000 redesign and the last save of 2008

By September 2000 the site had been redesigned and renamed «Servizio Telematico Pubblico - Città di Torino», with a search engine and English, French, Spanish and German versions. It stayed online with the same layout at least until August 2008, when it advertised a call for subsidised fixed-rate mortgages for first-home purchases, reserved for under-35s resident in Turin for at least a year.

From the 1997 sections to the multilingual editions of the Public Telematic Service

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, the agenzia bisettimanale, informambiente, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro. The 14 September 2000 snapshot, numbered as «Edizione del 14 settembre 2000 - 173/2000 - IV», shows the site split into dated periodic editions and available, besides Italian, in English, French, Spanish and German, with "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 were open for a subsidised fixed-rate mortgage reserved for under-35s resident in Turin for at least a year with a household income below €37,466.

The Public Telematic Service, 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 snapshot with content, from 27 August 2008, when it describes itself as the «official site of the Municipality of Turin».

The City's «Public Telematic Service», from the first 1997 record

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

From 1997 to 2008: three snapshots of the historic site

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

Timeline of the domain comune.to.it

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 Public Telematic Service

In 2008 one edition reported, as an example of the kind of information circulated, the subsidised fixed-rate mortgages that the Municipality reserved for under-35s resident in Turin for at least a year with a household income below €37,466.

The last version of the site, in August 2008

In the same period the Museo di Antichità hosted the exhibition «Il Celeste Impero», dedicated to China, and some Circoscrizioni opened special waiting lists for municipal nurseries for the 2008-2009 school year.¹

The Municipality's first site versions 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 the restoration after the Cathedral fire, with a dedicated current account, alongside the features Informacittà, Informambiente, Informagiovani, Informahandicap and Informalavoro.

The site comune.to.it

The Municipality of Turin's site 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 recorded copy, from 2008-08-27, offered Turin residents under 35 with a household income below €37,466 the chance to apply for a first-home mortgage.

The Public Telematic Service of the City of Turin

The page carried a hit counter running since 2 June 1995 and named as its office the Redazione WWW of the Servizio Centrale Sistema Informativo, at Via Garibaldi 18, 10122 Turin, with the 1996 copyright.

Three snapshots of the civic site

On 25 May 1997 the homepage still recalled the fire that had struck Turin Cathedral a month earlier, pointing to a current account for the relief fund at the Cassa di Risparmio di Torino.

Sources

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