The first site of the Comune di Torino
Il Comune di Torino manages the domain comune.to.it, its institutional presence online.
According to a 2025 announcement from the Comune, not confirmed by other sources, the city's first institutional site would date back to around 1995; the Comune's digital transformation is then said to have continued in the late 1990s with smart card experiments, up to the city services access card 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, instead appears visible already from 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» (Public Telematic Service of the City of Turin), 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 external 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 tied to the memorandum of understanding for Torino 2000, and the counter declared visits since 2 June 1995.1
The editorial office was based at via Garibaldi 18, with the credit «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 visits «starting from 2 June 1995» and carried the 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 (civil registry), Edilizia and the Piano Regolatore (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 Servizio Telematico Pubblico in 1997: content, hosted sites and contacts
The oldest snapshot of the site, from May 1997, presented it as the "Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino", with 1996 copyright and a counter of "consultations since 2 June 1995"; the page recommended viewing with Netscape 3.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0 at 800x600 resolution and listed the Servizio Centrale Sistema Informativo, at via Garibaldi 18, as its editorial office.1 Besides sections on municipal administration, city council, culture (with the Biennale Giovani Artisti) and tourism, the site hosted the pages of other bodies — including 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 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 last known snapshot, from 16 February 2026, the address comune.to.it is archived as a redirect 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 on municipal administration, environment and territory, art and culture, assistance and health, economy and work, and training 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 from 27 August 2008 and reports, among other things, a call for subsidised first-home mortgages for under-35s, the «Indirizzi di politica urbanistica» (urban planning guidelines) document opened to public debate via an online forum, and a card for citizens turning 60 in 2008.2
The Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino
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 features such as Informacittà, Informambiente, Informagiovani and Informahandicap.1 In 2000 it publishes a periodic bulletin in numbered and dated editions.2 The last working copy, from 27 August 2008, still reports municipal services, such as a call for reduced rent charges aimed at under-35s.3
The Servizio Telematico Pubblico in the archive
The snapshot of 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 traced snapshot of the site, from 25 May 1997, specifies that consultations of the Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino had been possible «since 2 June 1995», almost 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 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 of 14 September 2000 the portal had grown into a broad index by thematic area (municipal administration, environment and territory, art and culture, assistance and health, economy and work, training and school).2
The site comune.to.it in the web archive (1997-2008)
In the snapshot of 14 September 2000 the portal is organised into thematic sections (Municipal Administration, Environment and Territory, Art and Culture, Assistance and Health, Economy and Work, Training and School), with editions also in English, French, Spanish and German. In the last snapshot with content of its own, from 27 August 2008, the site publishes calls for subsidised first-home mortgages for under-35s, the 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 snapshot of 14 September 2000 the site comune.to.it presents itself as an already mature portal, with sections devoted to municipal administration, calls and notices, environment and territory, art and culture, assistance and health, economy and work, 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 call for subsidised-rate mortgages for the purchase of a first home 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 the extraordinary rankings for enrolment at 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; among the news on the homepage is also the fire at the Turin Cathedral. In the capture of 14 September 2000 the site also offers editions in English, French, Spanish and German, as well as an internal search engine and the weather forecast. The last capture with content, from 27 August 2008, publishes an announcement on subsidised mortgages for under-35 residents.
The portal comune.to.it 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 call for subsidised mortgages for Turin residents under 35 for at least a 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 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 under-35s and a free card for citizens 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 call for young people
In the snapshot of 27 August 2008, the site comune.to.it reported a municipal call allowing under-35s who had been resident 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, for the purchase of a first home.
The fundraiser for the Cathedral fire on the 1997 site
On the homepage from May 1997, the site comune.to.it collects funds for the fire at the Duomo di Torino 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, the Ordine Mauriziano and the Teatro Stabile di Torino. The visit counter shows consultations since 2 June 1995. In the last recorded update, from August 2008, the site still offers municipal services such as subsidised mortgages for the first home of 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 news about the Cathedral fire. In the last capture from 2008 the site advertised a subsidised fixed-rate mortgage for the first home reserved for under-35 residents with a household income below €37,466.
The site comune.to.it: from the 1997 Servizio Telematico Pubblico to the multilingual versions
By 14 September 2000 the site had expanded with an edition in English, French, Spanish and German and with a menu divided by thematic area, including municipal administration, environment and territory, art and culture, assistance and health, economy and work, training and school.
The site comune.to.it: from the Servizio Telematico Pubblico to the 2008 portal
In the copy of 14 September 2000 the site, by then also available in English, French, Spanish and German, is reorganised by thematic area (Amministrazione Comunale, Ambiente e Territorio, Arte e Cultura, Assistenza e Sanità, Economia e Lavoro, Formazione e Scuola) and offers services such as euro conversion, maternity allowances for a third child, and a help service for elderly victims of violence. 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 visit counter active since 2 June 1995 and sections devoted to informacittà, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro, as well as a support 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 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 bottom 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» (that day's snapshot carries the number 173/2000), also available in English, French, Spanish and German, with the 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 edition of 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 appears an announcement from the Comune for under-35s who had been resident 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, for the purchase of a first home.
The Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino, from 1997 to 2008
In the snapshot of 14 September 2000 the site, updated daily, is also available in English, French, Spanish and German. In the snapshot of 27 August 2008 the portal publishes a municipal call for subsidised-rate mortgages aimed at under-35s resident in Turin for the purchase of a first home.
The site comune.to.it, 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 «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», with 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 consultations had been recorded since 2 June 1995. In the September 2000 snapshot the site offers versions in English, French, Spanish and German and a structure by macro-area (Municipal Administration, Environment and Territory, Art and Culture, Assistance and Health, Economy and Work, Training and School). In the last working snapshot, from August 2008, the homepage advertises current initiatives: a subsidised mortgage for under-35s for the purchase of 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 the purchase of a first home by under-35 residents with a household income below €37,466.
The site comune.to.it between 1997 and 2008
In the first known snapshot, from 25 May 1997, the site comune.to.it declared itself online already since 2 June 1995 ("Consultations since 2 June 1995") and also hosted pages of other bodies, including Prefettura di Torino, Amiat and Teatro Stabile di Torino. In the snapshot of 14 September 2000 it had become a multilingual portal organised by thematic 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 Turin residents turning sixty.
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 the homepage features such as Informacittà, Informambiente, Informagiovani, Informahandicap and Informalavoro, a dedicated link to the Cathedral fire, and a support 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 of 14 September 2000 the site publishes numbered editions of the telematic service, while in that of 27 August 2008, described as the Comune'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 snapshot from 1997
The first available snapshot, from 25 May 1997, of the site of the Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino publishes among the homepage's content a current account for the fundraiser after the Cathedral fire, registered to the Città di Torino at the Cassa di Risparmio di Torino. The snapshot of 14 September 2000 shows the site organised into numbered editions, with that day's indicated as the 173rd of 2000.
From 1997 to 2008: the Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città
In the snapshot of 14 September 2000 the site publishes a dated edition, with a summary and quick access to content. In the snapshot of 27 August 2008, 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 snapshot of 14 September 2000 the service publishes a dated and numbered periodic bulletin. In the last live snapshot, from 27 August 2008, the site informs under-35 residents of Turin of a call for access to a financial contribution linked to household income.
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 section devoted to weather forecasts 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; there also appeared a reference to a fundraiser linked to the 1997 fire at the Duomo di Torino. In the version of 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 municipal administration's sections. In 2008 the site published specific calls, such as one for subsidised-rate mortgages for the purchase of a first home reserved for Turin residents under 35 with a household income below €37,466.
From the 1997 informacittà to the online calls of 2008
On 14 September 2000 it published numbered editions of the service, with an English version. On 27 August 2008 the site was still updated, with a call for subsidised mortgages aimed at under-35 residents of Turin.
The features and editions of the Servizio Telematico Pubblico
In the last snapshot collected in the historical format, from 27 August 2008, the site advertised a municipal call for subsidised fixed-rate mortgages reserved for under-35s who had been resident in Turin for at least a year with a household income below €37,466.
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 «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 at least until August 2008, with notices such as the one on subsidised fixed-rate mortgages for under-35 residents of Turin.
The 2000 redesign and the last save in 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 advertised a call for subsidised fixed-rate mortgages for the purchase of a first home, reserved for under-35s who had been resident 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, the agenzia bisettimanale, informambiente, informagiovani, informahandicap and informalavoro. The snapshot of 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 "quick access" to content. In the last useful snapshot, from 27 August 2008, the civic bulletin announced the opening, from 1 September to 15 October, of applications for a subsidised fixed-rate mortgage reserved for under-35s who had been resident in Turin for at least a year with a household income below €37,466.
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 recording with content, from 27 August 2008, when it describes itself as the «official site of the Comune di Torino».
The «Servizio Telematico Pubblico» of the City, from its first recording in 1997
The first recording of 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 consultations since 2 June 1995 and recommends viewing with Netscape 3.0 or Internet Explorer 3.0 at 800x600 resolution. In the last live recording, 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 recording, from 25 May 1997, shows «Servizio Telematico Pubblico della Città di Torino», based at via Garibaldi 18, with sections on municipal administration, tourism and culture. That of 14 September 2000 documents a renewed look, dated «edizione del 14 settembre 2000» and with access in several languages. The last recording with complete content, from 27 August 2008, shows the site still active with current news on 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 formula that remains unchanged until the last snapshot preserved by the archive, from 27 August 2008.
The editions of the Servizio Telematico Pubblico
In 2008 one edition reported, as an example of the kind of information circulated, the fixed-rate mortgages on favourable terms reserved by the Comune for under-35s who had been resident in Turin for at least a year with a household income below €37,466.
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