A long time ago, when the industrial revolution was gaining speed, cities created lush and lofty park areas to function as green lungs, havens of peace and quiet for their citizens to dwell in the middle of fast-moving and rapidly expanding metropolitan life. And yet, in so many places across Europe, city parks were soon found to provide quite the opposite of peaceful recreation and botanical beauty. From Bois de Boulogne to Montjuich Park, from Leipzig Stadtpark to Parco del Valentino – they all proved to be an exciting environment for a motor race. We visited Turin’s Valentino Park to see why. More...