Circolo Artistico Tunnel was the result of the 1891 merger, between Società del Tunnel and Circolo Artistico.
The newly born club initially maintained its premises in Palazzo Tedeschi; in 1894 it moved to Palazzo Gerolamo Pallavicini, in Via Carlo Felice 12 and, finally, in 1930 to Palazzo Angelo Giovanni Spinola in Via Garibaldi 5, where it remained for the following 80 years.
During WW1, many club members were distinguished for acts of heroism and valour; during the tragic events of WW2, when the city suffered extensive bombings, for the short period 1942 – 1945 the word Tunnel, considered “foreign”, was suppressed, and the club modified its name into Circolo Artistico.
At the end of the war, the old name of the club was immediately restored and “Il Tunnel” (as the club is informally called) reprised its important role in city life: the reconstruction and economic boom era had begun and the club was again the “home away from home” for the business, cultural and professional world.
Among the great club members of the postwar period, may be mentioned the hematologist Alberto Marmont, the lawyer Mauro De André, businessmen Riccardo Garrone and Paolo Mantovani, the painter Raimondo Sirotti.
In July 2009, the club moved to Via Garibaldi 6 (Palazzo Gio Battista Spinola, then Doria) just opposite the former historic clubhouse, after a careful and accurate restoration work of the present Clubhouse.
