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...Best Chocolate Fix: Peyrano. Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 76 and Corso Moncalieri 47. Turin makes fine chocolates - and Peyrano's are the best...
With the auto plants and assembly lines confined to the outskirts, Turin's center can be pleasantly surveyed with a quick connect-the-squares walk (Piazza Castello to Piazza Vittorio Veneto on the banks of the Po River is a good starting route) that provides some satisfying food for the eyes. The architecture is largely 17th and 18th century Baroque that recalls Paris more than Palermo - many of the most splendid palazzi are the original property of the House of Savoy...
DIED. MARIA JOSE CHARLOTTE HENRIETTA GABRIELLA, 94, Italy's last Queen before the nation became a republic in 1946; in Geneva. As a member of the Savoy dynasty, she ruled alongside her husband, King Umberto II, for a total of 27 days following the abdication of his father, Vittorio Emanuele. After a public referendum vetoed the monarchy--and rejected the facist regime of Benito Mussolini--the couple fled into exile. Gabriella never returned, but her demise may prove to be the catalyst needed to lift a lifetime ban on the male Savoy heirs...
...first executive from outside the family. When he joined the firm in 1995, Geddes brought his experience as CEO of the Italian subsidiary of Remy-Cointreau and COO of Antinori wines, one of Frescobaldi's toughest competitors. "Giovanni brought a more professional mentality," says patriarch and chairman Vittorio Frescobaldi, 70, with a laugh. "We needed to change the mind-set." To do that, Geddes hired staff from the likes of Procter & Gamble and Arthur Andersen to work with family members. "I convinced the family that everything had to make financial sense," says Geddes...
...extremes - either in effectively employing large numbers of dancers such as in the wedding scene in the second act, or in focusing attention on a single actor or actress' solo. Some of the most compelling moments of the show come when Augustine deals with situation comedy scenes, as when Vittorio is caught between Charity and his steady, Ursula (played by Kate _ Earls '0_) or when Charity and Oscar refuse to look at each other in Barney's Chile Hacienda...