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Italy. Turin. Piazza Risorgimento. Air-raid shelter. 1/3
Between 1942 and 1944 were built in Turin 45 public air-raid shelters to
protect the people from air raids of the Second World War . The refuge of Piazza
Risorgimento is one of the largest. Its surface is about 700 square meters. It
was built of reinforced concrete and excavated to a depth of 12 meters. It
consists of three parallel tunnels 40 m. long, 4.5 m. wide and 3.30 m. high.
It could hold 1500 people. The lighting was produced by a pedals dynamo, driven
by a bicycle specially modified (please look at 3/3).
Italy. Turin. Piazza Risorgimento. Air-raid shelter. 1/3
Between 1942 and 1944 were built in Turin 45 public air-raid shelters to
protect the people from air raids of the Second World War . The refuge of Piazza
Risorgimento is one of the largest. Its surface is about 700 square meters. It
was built of reinforced concrete and excavated to a depth of 12 meters. It
consists of three parallel tunnels 40 m. long, 4.5 m. wide and 3.30 m. high.
It could hold 1500 people. The lighting was produced by a pedals dynamo, driven
by a bicycle specially modified (please look at 3/3).