The author of this paper outlines some aspects from the social and historical point of view of the city of Turin in the period in which Don Bosco lived and worked, to give a new key to understanding the Founder of the Salesian Family.
Reference time period: 1840 – 1880
G. Bracco, Don Bosco and civil society, in Don Bosco’s place in history, edited by Patrick Egan and Mario Midali, LAS, Roma 1993, 239-244.
Reference institution:
Centro Studi Don Bosco