
The construction of the church of St. Ignatius Confessor, overlooking Victory Square, has a long and complex history: begun in 1654, it was not completed until 1724 with the addition of the two bell towers topped by the iconic onion domes, at the base of which are two large clocks. And in Cavour Square, between numbers 6 and 7, there is an ideogram depicting a clock on the sidewalk. Cavour Square, in the past a place of lively markets, had a particular difficulty: from the location of the mentioned house numbers, it was not possible to read the time from the bell tower of the Cathedral. However, as D. Kuzmin (“The Clock in Cavour Square,” in Points of View 2006-2008 other 100 small writings. .., 2019, Laguna Editions), “need sharpens the wits”: by positioning oneself above the ideogram and looking through the gap created between the buildings on Rastello Street, it is possible to see the first dome of St. Ignatius, and some can even read the time on the church’s large clock… Run and try it!




