Casa della Vittoria

[2] Located in the district Cit Turin, the Casa della Vittoria is at the center of an area of great architectural interest that contains a high density of Art Nouveau and Gothic Revival buildings, including also the nearby church of San Donato.

[3] During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the residential area of Cit Turin was the epicenter of an intense amount of building activity predominantly characterized by the Liberty Style (Italian Art Nouveau).

In addition to the church of Gesù Nazareno, the examples of its presence in the neighborhood are the home of the cavalier Carrera di Magnano (Biella) and the Casa della Vittoria.

[4] Commissioned in 1918 by Giovanni Battista Carrera from the engineer Gottardo Gussoni to celebrate the Italian victory in the First World War, it was completed in 1920, representing a sign of recovery of the post-war construction sector, a statement confirmed on the plaque placed on the facade.

At this level the windows are enriched by a frame which at the base bears coats of arms depicting allegorical figures that mark the façade, alternating with the pairs of dragons, symbolic representations of power and prestige that support the balustrades of the balconies on the upper floor.

The inscription on the façade with the coat of arms of the Carrera family.
The entrance portal surmounted by the coat of arms of the Carrera family.