Torino Museum of the History of Cinema

The "Mole" is the tallest building in central Torino. Originally built in the mid-1800's as a Jewish synagogue, but in time it has taken on other functions and is now home to the History of Cinema.

A cutaway of the Mole. There is an elevator that rises through the center of the building to an observation deck at the top of the dome.

Here in the central atrium area, clips of historical movies, mostly Italian are shown. The best part of the museum was the early history and what "motion" picture was at it's genesis. Stuff as basic as moving shadows were revolutionary at one time.

The seats to watch the movies were incredibly comfortable and had stereo speakers near your ears.

You can see the elevator in silhouette as it ascends (or descends) to the observation deck.

This was the only time we saw the sun!

Torino with the foothills leading to the Alps. The trees that we see line the Po River.