Casa della Vittoria, Neo-Gothic residential building in Cit Turin, Italy.
Casa della Vittoria is a six-story residential building on Corso Francia in Turin, with a stone facade decorated with dragons, heraldic crests, and arched windows. It stands along one of the city's main roads and can be seen clearly from the street.
Engineer Gottardo Gussoni designed the building between 1918 and 1920 for Giovanni Battista Carrera, who wanted to mark Italy's victory in World War I. The name Casa della Vittoria, meaning House of Victory, comes directly from that occasion.
The building is also known as Casa dei Draghi because of the stone dragons placed on the balconies. Visitors who look closely at the facade will also notice heraldic crests and arched windows that give it a look unlike most buildings on the street.
The building sits on Corso Francia, one of Turin's most recognizable streets, and is easy to spot on foot. The M1 metro line stops nearby, making it convenient to reach from other parts of the city.
A corner niche on the facade was planned to hold a statue but was never filled and remains empty to this day. This open space is easy to miss at first glance but becomes visible when you take a closer look at the exterior.
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