3D print the Mole Antonelliana
A free, printable model of the Mole Antonelliana, a domed tower with a very slender spire, among the dense buildings of Turin, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About the Mole Antonelliana
The Mole Antonelliana, named for its architect Alessandro Antonelli, is one of the major landmark buildings of Turin, Italy. The word mole means a building of monumental proportions in Italian. Building work began in 1863 and ended in 1889, once Antonelli himself had died. It was first planned as a synagogue, but since 2000 it has been the home of the National Museum of Cinema, and the building is thought to be the world's tallest museum.
Turin's Jewish community hired Antonelli, set aside 250,000 lire, and was promised a synagogue for 280,000 lire. His modifications took the final height up to 167.5 m (550 ft), and construction stopped in 1869 with a temporary roof in place. In 1876 the community, after spending 692,000 lire on a building still far from complete, withdrew. The city took over the project, and Antonelli resumed construction, working until his death in October 1888.
The spire was first topped by a gilded copper winged genie, a symbol of the House of Savoy, with a small five-pointed star on its head. When the star was set in place on April 10, 1889, the Mole reached 167.5 m (550 ft), the tallest brick building in Europe when it was finished. A violent storm caused the genie to collapse in 1904. In 1953 a cloudburst accompanied by a tornado took off 47 m (154 ft) from the top of the pinnacle; that part was rebuilt in 1961 using a metal structure with a stone facing.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 45 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 57 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 72 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- A very slender spire
- The spire tapers to a fine point topped by a small star. Print slowly with good cooling; Print friendly adapts the thinnest parts, and a bigger print size makes the spire sturdier.
- A dome covered in fine ribs
- The dome carries a grid of narrow ribs. Full detail keeps every rib on a larger print, and 0.12–0.16 mm layers keep the grid crisp.
- One piece with the ground
- The Mole Antonelliana is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. The Mole Antonelliana takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
The Mole Antonelliana is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Mole Antonelliana STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. The Mole Antonelliana grows with the print: about 45 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
