  We report briefly on the status of the new research facility in Andrate (TO)
at 839 m above sea level. The structure will be built under the project
ROAD073P2T, and will enable the development of major research project. Due to
the high altitude, the transparency of the sky, cold, dry and windy at certain
times of the year, exceptionally, the location of Andrate (TO) is indeed among
the best places in the district of Ivrea (TO), to conduct observation of the
sky, in the band U, B, V, R, I, Ir, Rc.
