Italia Nostra ONLUS - Turin Section
italianostra.to.it is the website of the Turin section 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 section's initiatives — conferences and publications dedicated, among other things, to the protection of Turin's riverside landscape and 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 up 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 section of Italia Nostra: founded in 1957 and presidents through 2016
The Turin section of Italia Nostra was established on 26 April 1957, two years after the birth of the national association; among those present at the founding were Marziano Bernardi and Valdo Fusi, and one of the first presidents was Prof. Giovanni Getto.
According to a 2016 snapshot, the presidency passed through, among others, 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», had been online since at least 2009; in the last known snapshot, from June 2026, it appeared under the shorter name «ItaliaNostra Torino».
The italianostra.to.it website in the web archive (2009-2026)
The italianostra.to.it website of the Turin section of Italia Nostra is documented in the web archive from 3 August 2009, when it published initiatives such as the protests against the underground parking lot beneath Piazza Maria Teresa and the urban walks «Diogene e l'architettura urbana». In the most recent snapshots, up to December 2025, the Turin section continued to issue messages to members on the protection of landscape and cultural heritage; in the check of 23 September 2026 the archive no longer finds 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 italianostra.to.it website: from 2009 to today
The website of the Turin section of Italia Nostra, 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 section periodically publishes letters to members signed by the presidency, with reflections on the difficulties of associational life and on heritage protection goals.
The italianostra.to.it website, of the Turin section from 2009 to 2025
The italianostra.to.it website, in the web archive snapshot of 3 August 2009, presents Italia Nostra Torino as an association for the safeguarding and preservation of heritage; in the snapshots of 25 June 2021 and 13 December 2025 the site, renamed «ItaliaNostra Torino», publishes annual messages to the association's members and supporters.
The italianostra.to.it website, from 2009 to 2025
In the snapshot of 3 August 2009, the website of the Turin section of Italia Nostra 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's greeting messages 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 up to the last snapshot preserved by the archive, from 13 December 2025.
The italianostra.to.it website
The Turin section of Italia Nostra has 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 national founding in 1955 «from the will of some of the greatest» Italian intellectuals, while the most recent copies report the annual greeting messages to members, a sign of activity that was still ongoing at the end of 2025.
Sources
- web.archive.org — 4 April 2016
- web.archive.org — 4 April 2016
- crt.sh
- whois.nic.it
- web.archive.org — 6 June 2026
- Internet Archive Wayback Machine — 3 August 2009
- Internet Archive Wayback Machine — 3 August 2009
- Internet Archive Wayback Machine — 13 December 2025
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) — 25 June 2021