Lingotto
A complex converted from Fiat’s former factory, where the rooftop test track has become a garden in the sky. It can be combined with a visit to the Pinacoteca Agnelli.
Lingotto was a Fiat car factory completed in 1923. Production lines ran from the bottom floor upward, and finished cars drove straight onto the elliptical test track on the roof. The track appears in the film “The Italian Job.” Renzo Piano converted the factory into a shopping center, hotel and convention center. The rooftop track is now the Pista 500 garden in the sky, which connects to the Pinacoteca Agnelli, with works by Matisse, Picasso and others. Part of the rooftop is free, while the gallery charges admission (check the official website). Take the metro to Lingotto station, and Eataly’s flagship store is right next door.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–19:00 (art museum closed Mon)
Nearby sights
- Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile
- Borgo Medievale
- Parco del Valentino
- Piazza San Carlo
- Museo Egizio
- Palazzo Carignano
- Monte dei Cappuccini
- Palazzo Madama