Royal Card Royal Residences

A baroque gem dominating the city. In 1706, during the French-Spanish siege, the duke of Savoy Victor Amadeus II climbed to a vantage point at Superga to watch the enemy advance. Here he promised that, if victory were achieved, he...

From the times of Charles Albert to the fall of the monarchy, the Savoy Royal family used to spend its holidays in this imposing castle built by architect Guarino Guarini for the princes of Carignano. It is surrounded by a majestic park, the work of...

Starting out in the 11th century as a military stronghold, Rivoli Castle is now home to the Museum of Contemporary Art which has a prestigious permanent collection and temporary major exhibitions in an original historical and architectural context....

Built in the mid-1600s as a hunting lodge for Charles Emmanuel II, it was designed by Amedeo di Castellamonte who made the central Hall of Diana an ideal junction point between the palace and the gardens. Victor Amadeus II commissioned the work...

The upper floor of the Carignano Palace building has hosted the National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento since 1938. Completely recreated in 2011, today it is a modern space, capable of narrating the period of the ‘Risorgimento’, from the great...

A hunting lodge for a European Court, a place of leisure and hunting, during the 18th and 19th centuries this was the favourite spot of the Savoy family for spectacular parties and solemn marriages, as well as being the residence of Napoleon in the...