Piazza CLN
Square in central Turin behind the twin churches of piazza San Carlo, redesigned in 1935 by Marcello Piacentini, with the Po and Dora fountains by Umberto Baglioni; one of the filming locations of «Deep Red».
Piazza CLN is a square in central Turin, behind the twin churches of Santa Cristina and San Carlo, which face piazza San Carlo; for this reason it was once called piazza delle Due Chiese (Square of the Two Churches).[1][2] Today it is named after the Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale (National Liberation Committee), founded in 1943.[2]
Piacentini's project
Its present appearance dates from the 1935 rebuilding, part of Marcello Piacentini's rationalist-style project.[2][1] The two fountains, which also gave it the name piazza delle Fontane (Square of the Fountains), are by sculptor Umberto Baglioni: the Po is a male figure with ears of wheat, the Dora Riparia a female figure holding a piece of fruit.[1][2] According to Guida Torino the original project also called for statues of Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III, which were never built.[2]
«Deep Red»
In 1975 Dario Argento filmed some of the main scenes of «Deep Red» («Profondo rosso») here: the dialogue between Marc and Carlo beside the Po fountain, the Blue Bar inspired by Edward Hopper's painting «Nighthawks», and Helga's house, where the first murder takes place.[1][3] The Blue Bar never actually existed: it was a set built in front of the square's colonnades.[3]
Sources
- Piazza CLN — Italia.it – Ministero del Turismo
- Piazza CLN a Torino e le statue del Po e della Dora Riparia — Guida Torino
- Le location di Profondo Rosso, il capolavoro di Dario Argento — SiViaggia, 10 March 2025