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The Carignano Palace
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The Carignano Palace (Palazzo Carignano), planned in the second half of the seventeenth century by Guarino Guarini, is an outstanding example of the European Baroque style. Together with the Royal Palace, the Madama Palace and other royal residences are included on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
The Palace was erected by order of Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, Prince of Carignano, and was completed in 1685. In 1694, it became a permanent residence of the Carignano Princes, and here were born the future sovereigns Charles Albert and Victor Emmanuel II.
In 1831, in the Carignano Palace, Charles Albert ascended the throne and afterwards transferred the Palace to the State, and so it became a seat of the State Council and the Postal Directorate. Later, when the Subalpine Parliament occupied the Palace, the architect Carlo Sada built a splendid salon for the holiday reception inside.
In 1861, when the first Italian Parliament started to hold its sessions here, the Palace was found to be too small, so the architect Amedeo Peyron was commissioned to enlarge it. A few years later, it was also decided to build the second façade of the Carignano Palace, as it faces piazza Carlo Alberto to the rear, and so it became the second edifice after the Madama Palace that has two different styles of façade. The works was realized by the architects Domenico Ferri and Giuseppe Bollati and were completed in 1871.
Later, the Carignano Palace hosted numerous institutions and cultural associations. Nowadays, it is a seat of the Central Directorate of Piedmont Cultural Heritage and the National Museum of Italian Risorgimento (Italian unification). The Museum collection, reopened in 2011, occupies 30 rooms and tells the full history of the unification from the late eighteenth century up to World War I.
Since 2011, it has also been possible to visit, after the restoration work, a sixteenth/seventeenth century apartment of the Princes called “dei Principi.” Among the frescoes inside the Carignano Palace are works by Stefano Legnani, known also as “il Legnanino.”
The Palace was erected by order of Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, Prince of Carignano, and was completed in 1685. In 1694, it became a permanent residence of the Carignano Princes, and here were born the future sovereigns Charles Albert and Victor Emmanuel II.
In 1831, in the Carignano Palace, Charles Albert ascended the throne and afterwards transferred the Palace to the State, and so it became a seat of the State Council and the Postal Directorate. Later, when the Subalpine Parliament occupied the Palace, the architect Carlo Sada built a splendid salon for the holiday reception inside.
In 1861, when the first Italian Parliament started to hold its sessions here, the Palace was found to be too small, so the architect Amedeo Peyron was commissioned to enlarge it. A few years later, it was also decided to build the second façade of the Carignano Palace, as it faces piazza Carlo Alberto to the rear, and so it became the second edifice after the Madama Palace that has two different styles of façade. The works was realized by the architects Domenico Ferri and Giuseppe Bollati and were completed in 1871.
Later, the Carignano Palace hosted numerous institutions and cultural associations. Nowadays, it is a seat of the Central Directorate of Piedmont Cultural Heritage and the National Museum of Italian Risorgimento (Italian unification). The Museum collection, reopened in 2011, occupies 30 rooms and tells the full history of the unification from the late eighteenth century up to World War I.
Since 2011, it has also been possible to visit, after the restoration work, a sixteenth/seventeenth century apartment of the Princes called “dei Principi.” Among the frescoes inside the Carignano Palace are works by Stefano Legnani, known also as “il Legnanino.”
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