Italia Nostra ONLUS - Turin Branch

italianostra.to.it is the website of the Turin branch of Italia Nostra, established on 26 April 1957, two years after the national founding of the association for the protection of historical, artistic and natural heritage.¹

In 2016 the site listed the branch's initiatives — conferences and publications devoted, among other things, to the protection of Turin's river landscape and of the city's historic buildings.²

The domain, registered since 28 November 2007, issued its last digital certificates on 10 November 2025 and is paid for until 28 November 2026; the latest available snapshot, from June 2026, shows the site moved to the address italianostra.to.it/site, under the name «ItaliaNostra Torino».³⁴⁵

The Turin branch of Italia Nostra: founded in 1957, presidents until 2016

The Turin branch of Italia Nostra was established on 26 April 1957, two years after the birth of the national association; among those present at its founding were Marziano Bernardi and Valdo Fusi, and one of its first presidents was prof. Giovanni Getto.

According to a 2016 snapshot, the presidency was held, among others, by Giampiero Vigliano (from 1976), Cesare Volpiano (1977-79), Donatella d'Angelo (1980-83), Giovanni Arpino (1984-86), Paolo Durio (1987-95) and Roberto Lombardi (1996-2008).

The site, under the name «Italia Nostra ONLUS - Sezione di Torino», was online since at least 2009; in the latest known snapshot, from June 2026, it appeared under the shorter name «ItaliaNostra Torino».

The site italianostra.to.it in the web archive (2009-2026)

The site italianostra.to.it of the Turin branch of Italia Nostra is documented in the web archive from 3 August 2009, when it published initiatives such as protests against a car park under piazza Maria Teresa and the «Diogene e l'architettura urbana» urban walks. In the most recent snapshots, up to December 2025, the Turin branch continued to spread messages to members about the protection of landscape and cultural heritage; in the 23 September 2026 crawl the archive no longer finds any content on the domain.

The domain italianostra.to.it in the web archive

The domain italianostra.to.it, in the web archive since 3 August 2009, presents itself as «Italia Nostra ONLUS - Sezione di Torino».

The site italianostra.to.it: from 2009 to today

The Turin branch's website, online since August 2009, recalled that the national association had been founded in 1955 at the initiative of intellectuals such as Umberto Zanotti Bianco, Elena Croce, Giorgio Bassani, Desideria Pasolini dall'Onda and Pietro Paolo Trompeo, and offered sections on activities, documents and a forum.

In the most recent versions, between 2021 and 2025, the Turin branch periodically published letters to members signed by the presidency, reflecting on the difficulties of associational life and on the goals of heritage protection.

The site italianostra.to.it, of the Turin branch, from 2009 to 2025

The site italianostra.to.it, in the web archive snapshot of 3 August 2009, presents Italia Nostra Torino as an association for the safeguarding and conservation of heritage; in the snapshots of 25 June 2021 and 13 December 2025 the site, renamed «ItaliaNostra Torino», publishes annual messages to members and supporters of the association.

The site italianostra.to.it, from 2009 to 2025

In the 3 August 2009 snapshot, the Turin branch's website recalls that the national association was born in 1955 "from the will of some of the greatest Italian intellectuals, Umberto Zanotti Bianco, Elena Croce, Giorgio Bassani". In the 2021 and 2025 snapshots the site, renamed «ItaliaNostra Torino», publishes New Year greetings addressed to members and supporters.

The domain italianostra.to.it

The domain italianostra.to.it has been online since 3 August 2009 as «Italia Nostra ONLUS - Sezione di Torino»; under the shortened name «ItaliaNostra Torino» it remains active at least until the last snapshot preserved by the archive, from 13 December 2025.

The site italianostra.to.it

The Turin branch of Italia Nostra had a website at the domain italianostra.to.it, recorded by the web archive between 2009-08-03 and 2025-12-13; the first copy recalled the association's national founding in 1955 "from the will of some of the greatest intellectuals" in Italy, while the most recent copies carry the annual New Year greetings to members, a sign of activity still continuing at the end of 2025.

The web archive snapshots

The site remained reachable, with its address moved to the /site/ path, at least until 13 December 2025.

The site italianostra.to.it

The site italianostra.to.it, online since at least 2009, recounted that Italia Nostra was founded in 1955 on the initiative of a group of intellectuals including Umberto Zanotti Bianco, Elena Croce, Giorgio Bassani, Desideria Pasolini dall'Onda and Pietro Paolo Trompeo, and that the Turin branch was established on 26 April 1957, with figures such as Marziano Bernardi and Valdo Fusi among its founding members; in 2009 the Turin office was located at via Massena 71.¹

In the New Year messages published at the start of 2021 and the start of 2026, the Turin branch's presidency expressed concern over the effects of the pandemic-related economic crisis on landscape and heritage protection policies, fearing that the "simplification" called for in the recovery would translate into greater building laxity.²³

Sources

1. web.archive.org — 4 April 2016
2. web.archive.org — 4 April 2016
3. crt.sh
4. whois.nic.it
5. web.archive.org — 6 June 2026
6. Internet Archive Wayback Machine — 3 August 2009
7. Internet Archive Wayback Machine — 3 August 2009
8. Internet Archive Wayback Machine — 13 December 2025
9. Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) — 25 June 2021