Good and evil

This is the monument in Piazza Statuto, in Turin, that commemorates the construction of the Frejus rail tunnel and the people who died digging it. The 13km tunnel connects Italy to France and was opened in 1871.



At the top of the pyramid of stones there is the winged genius of science and technology, triumphing over the brute force of nature, represented by the titans.

 


Turin is (in)famous as a city of black and white magic, and Piazza Statuto is considered the centre of evil.

In Roman times, it was just outside the walls and it was where criminals were executed and buried. It was also here that the guillotine was erected under the French.

So legend says that the genius is in fact Lucifer...