Precisely on 2 January 1862, after several attempts, Don Bosco obtained government permission for the Printers Workshop. Typesetting, printing and rotary press were run by young apprentices under the direction of the master printer Federico Oreglia. Don Bosco began his great publishing work.
The Printing press books and disctionaries. In 1876 Don Bosco also founded a branch in Sampierdarena, Genoa and in August 1877 he started the Salesian Bulletin.
After the early days of the Workshop, the first real printing press was built in 1883, where the editions usually printed outside Turin were produced.
The print shop was in operation until 2012, when it was closed in the aftermath of the celebrations for the 150th anniversary of its foundation.
Since 2013, antique machines have been on display there, recreating the environment of the typography as it was in Don Bosco's time.
