architecture

Royal Palace of Turin

Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Palazzo Reale di Torino [Italian]

Architecture

historic names
Ducal Palace of Turin
Palazzo Ducale di Torino [Italian]
built
1646-1660
culture
Italian
style/period
Baroque
work type
royal palace, museum
architect
Ascanio Vittozzi, Amedeo di Castellamonte, Carlo di Castellamonte
patronage
Marie Christine of France

Specifications

height
30.0 m
length
107.0 m

Geography

Europe » Southern Europe » Italy » Piedmont » Metropolitan City of Turin » Turin » District 1 » Centre
local language location name
Torino, Italia [Italian]
historical affiliations
1660-1792
Duchy of Savoy
1720-1792
Kingdom of Sardinia
1792-1814
France
1814-1861
Kingdom of Sardinia

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
type
cultural
criteria
I, II, IV, V
designation
reference
823bis