New Britain herald., 1930-03-05
ROYAL NEWLYWEDS
 RESIDE IN TURIN
Automobile Center Is Known as
 ''Detroit Of Italy"

Washington, D. C., March 5.- Turin, where Prince Umlerto and Princess Marie-Jose, the most re- cent ncwlyWeds, have taken resi- dence, is one of the twin industrial cities of north Italy" says q bulle- tin from tho Washington, D. C., headquarters of the National Geo. graphic society. The other twin is Milan which lies about 90 miles northeast of Turin.
 The Detroit of Italy
 Turin is 10 the Italians what De- troit is to Americans" continues the bulletin. "For two decades fine au- tomobiles have been rolling from it's factory shipping entrances Thousands of the city's half million people are employed in the automo- bile plants, many others work in the vast machine and railroad shops, leather working and tanning fac tories, iron foundries, and silk and cotton weaving mills, while a host earn their spending money in the trade thrust upon the city because of its geographical location.
 Tt is the first large city touched by the railroad after it passes through the Mont Cenis tunnel, all eight-mile bore through the Alps between France and Italy. Turin was the most important commercial center in north Italy until the St. (yHtth1rl fnn1c1 ,,1a tCI Then it bowed to Milan.
 City of Right Angles and
 spacious Squares
 "The uninitiated traveller might picture industrial Turin as d city of dingy buildings dominated by sooty smoke stacks. He might also picture Turin as an area of ancient monI1- ments, for there was a town on its site when Hannibal roamed those parts more than 200 years before the Christian era.
 But Turin for the most part is clean and modern. Trains from France and the Italian boot roll into 8 modern railroad station. The station exit faces a wide thorough fare. the Corso Nittorio Emanuclc. Across the way is q large park with beds of bright flowers girdlcd hy well-kept lawns and shaded walks.
 Beyond the park begins the Via Roma, the street leading 10 tho royal palace. A stroll down this street and Turin unfolds, for all Turin streets intcrscct one another at right angles, forming solid blocks of buildings. A few blocks and the street opens into a large square. Squares are numerous in this city: each is adorned with at least one monument. Some have four. Where space permits, the monuments rise among Towering gardens and within earshot Of splashing fountains, but frequently heavy traffic forces bronzed horse men perched on stone bases to oycr- look a sun parchcd cXpanse of con- crete, traversed by street car tracks.
 Once Was Capital of Italy
 The royal palace is in the ccu- ter of the city but the beautiful royal garden, bordering it's north and east sides affords relief from monotonous blocks of masonry. The building itself is simple brick structure. It recalls the days when Turin was the capital Of the King dom of Sardinia. and when Turin also, for five years, 1SG0-G5, was the capital of Italy. T. is a treasure chest of historic paintings, handsome statuary. frcscocs and rich tapes tries. The throne room with it's elaborate chandeliers caudolabra and velvet hangings is one of Tu- rin's show places. In one portion of the building is the armory where more than 50 historic suits of armor are On display. The cathedral ad- joining the palace has valuable paintings, and an urn containing a piece Of linen which tradition holds is q part Of the shrouI in which the body Of Jesus was wrapped.
 Turin university curolls more than 2,ooO students. In the Museum Of Antiquities is a display Of Egyptian objects including docu- monts, vases, icWery ooJ musical Instruments, some of which origi- mated as carly as the 10h century. |. C.
 The River To flows pa.' Turin.