Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
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How it came to be
In 1562 Duke Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy moved his capital to Turin and laid out a plan for the new seat. At its centre stood the Command Area, the Royal Palace, Palazzo Chiablese and the Prefecture, which ran political, administrative and cultural life.
Around the city the castles of Rivoli, Moncalieri and Venaria formed a ring known as the Crown of Delights, with Racconigi, Govone, Agliè and Pollenzo farther out. Charles Emmanuel I and his wife carried the plan forward, and in the 17th and 18th centuries the whole took on a Baroque character. Ascanio Vitozzi, Amedeo di Castellamonte, Guarino Guarini, Filippo Juvarra and Benedetto Alfieri were among its architects.
In the 19th century, when the Carignano branch of the Savoy took over the government, interest shifted to country retreats and the Baroque plan was abandoned. The 22 palaces and villas, 11 in central Turin and 11 around it on a radial plan, were inscribed in 1997.
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