Royal Palace of Turin
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The facade (1646–60). The top of the dome of the Chapel of the Holy Shroud is visible on the left.
Turin, today the capital of Piedmont, was a capital of the House of Savoy from the 12th to the 19th centuries and the Royal Palace contains much evidence of their aristocratic lifestyle. The royal family resided in the palace from 1645. Its rooms are decorated with rich tapestries and a collection of Chinese and Japanese vases. The Royal Armory houses an extensive array of arms, including examples from the 16th and 17th centuries. The Scala degli Forbici is a much-admired staircase by Filippo Juvarra.
A traveller in 1765 wrote of the palace:
The furniture matches the beauty of the apartment; one notices there, among other things, candle holders whose reflectors are mirrors set in solid silver frames worked with much taste. We only make this remark however because this piece of furnishing is very much in use in Italian apartments, ordinarily it is placed around the periphery of the room to throw more light there.
The Chapel of the Holy Shroud, with its spiral dome, was built in the west wing of the palace, joining the apse of the cathedral of St. John the Baptist, to house the famous Shroud of Turin which belonged to the family from 1453 until 1946.
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy | ||
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| Turin | Castello del Valentinoformer Military AcademyPalazzo CarignanoPalazzo ChiablesePalazzo MadamaPalazzo della PrefetturaPalazzo RealeRiding school and stablesRoyal ArmoryRoyal LibraryThe Royal MintState ArchivesFaade of the Teatro Regio Villa della Regina | ) |
| Province of Turin | Castello di Agli (Agli)Castello di Moncalieri (Moncalieri)Castello di Rivoli (Rivoli)Palazzina di caccia di Stupinigi (Stupinigi)Castello della Mandria (Venaria Reale) Castello di Venaria (Venaria Reale) | |
| Province of Cuneo | Castello di Govone (Govone)Pollenzo Estate (Pollenzo) Castello di Racconigi (Racconigi) | |
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City of Turin
Città di Torino
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Nickname: "Automobile Capital"
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Region Piedmont
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Città di Torino
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Il Canto degli Italiani
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Il Canto degli Italiani
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The House of Savoy (Italian: Casa Savoia) is a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, a state which, in 1861, became the Kingdom of Italy.
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Christine Marie of France, fr.: Christine de France, it.:Maria Cristina di Francia or Madama Reale, (February 10 1606 - December 27 1663) was Regent of Savoy between 1637 and 1663.
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City of Turin
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Nickname: "Automobile Capital"
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Città di Torino
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Regione Piemonte (it)
Map highlighting the location of Piedmont (en), Piemont (pie), Piemonte (it), Piémont (fr) in Italy
Capital Turin
President Mercedes Bresso
(DS-Union)
Provinces 8
Comuni 1,206
Area 25,399 km
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Map highlighting the location of Piedmont (en), Piemont (pie), Piemonte (it), Piémont (fr) in Italy
Capital Turin
President Mercedes Bresso
(DS-Union)
Provinces 8
Comuni 1,206
Area 25,399 km
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The House of Savoy (Italian: Casa Savoia) is a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, a state which, in 1861, became the Kingdom of Italy.
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Filippo Juvarra, (in Spain Felipe Juvara), (March 7, 1678 - January 31, 1736) was an Italian architect and scene designer with a cosmopolitan outlook.
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Turin Cathedral, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist (Italian Cattedrale di San Giovanni Battista) is the major church of Turin, Italy. It was built during 1491-1498 and it is adjacent to an earlier campanile (1470).
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Shroud of Turin (or Turin Shroud) is a linen cloth bearing the image of a man who appears to have been physically traumatized in a manner consistent with crucifixion. It is being kept in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, Italy.
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State Party Italy
Type Cultural
Criteria i, ii, iv, v
Reference 823
Region Europe and North America
Inscription History
Inscription 1997 (21st Session)
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Type Cultural
Criteria i, ii, iv, v
Reference 823
Region Europe and North America
Inscription History
Inscription 1997 (21st Session)
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City of Turin
Città di Torino
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Nickname: "Automobile Capital"
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Città di Torino
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The Castle of Valentino (Italian Castello del Valentino) is a historical edifice in Turin, northern Italy.
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The Baroque façade
Building information
Location Via Accademia delle Scienze,
Turin
Country Italy
Architect Camillo-Guarino Guarini
Client Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Carignano
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Palazzo Madama e Casaforte degli Acaja is a palace in Turin, northern Italy.
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History
At the beginning of the 1st century BC, the site of the palace was occupied by a gate in the Roman walls from which the decumanus maximus of Augusta Taurinorum..... Click the link for more information.
The Teatro Regio di Torino (Turin Royal Theatre) is a prominent opera house and opera company in Turin, Italy. Its season runs from October to June with the presentation of eight or nine operas given from five to twelve performances of each.
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Province of Turin
Nation Italy
Region Piedmont
Capital Turin
Area 6,821 km
Population (2004) 2,121,233
Density 311
Comuni 315
Vehicle Registration TO
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Nation Italy
Region Piedmont
Capital Turin
Area 6,821 km
Population (2004) 2,121,233
Density 311
Comuni 315
Vehicle Registration TO
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The Castle of Moncalieri is a palace in Moncalieri (province of Turin), Piedmont, in northern Italy. It is one of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites in 1997.
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Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Province Turin (TO)
Mayor Lorenzo Bonardi
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Time zone CET, UTC+1
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Region Piedmont
Province Turin (TO)
Mayor Lorenzo Bonardi
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Castle of Rivoli is a former Residence of the Royal House of Savoy in Rivoli (province of Turin, Italy). It is currently home to the Museum of Contemporary Art of Turin.
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Rivoli may refer to:
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- Rivoli, a town near Turin in Italy
- Rivoli Veronese, a community in the Italian province of Verona
- Battle of Rivoli, a battle that took place near Rivoli Veronese
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The Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi is one of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. Built as a royal hunting lodge in the early eighteenth century, it is located in Stupinigi, a suburb of the town of Nichelino, 10 km southwest
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Stupinigi, with some 200 inhabitants, is today a frazione of the commune of Nichelino, in the province of Turin (Piedmont, north-west Italy). It borders on the communes Candiolo and Orbassano on the southwestern outskirts of Turin, about 10km from the centre of the city.
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Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Province Province of Turin (TO)
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Province of Cuneo
Nation Italy
Region Piedmont
Capital Cuneo
Area 6,903 km
Population (2001) 556,359
Density 81
Comuni 250
Vehicle Registration CN
Postal Code 12100
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Nation Italy
Region Piedmont
Capital Cuneo
Area 6,903 km
Population (2001) 556,359
Density 81
Comuni 250
Vehicle Registration CN
Postal Code 12100
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Pollentia on the left bank of the Tanaro is known today as Pollenzo, a frazione of Bra in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont.
In antiquity Pollentia was in the territory of the Ligurian Statielli, Augusta Bagiennorum (modern Roncaglia in the Commune of Bene
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In antiquity Pollentia was in the territory of the Ligurian Statielli, Augusta Bagiennorum (modern Roncaglia in the Commune of Bene
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The Royal Castle of Racconigi is a palace in Racconigi, province of Cuneo, Italy. It was the official residence of the Carignano line of the House of Savoy, and is one of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy included by UNESCO in the World Heritage Sites list.
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Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Province Cuneo (CN)
Mayor Adriano Tosello (from 2002-05-26)
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Region Piedmont
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Mayor Adriano Tosello (from 2002-05-26)
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