Weddings in The Royal Castle-16 near Turin Piedmont
The Royal Castle-16
near Turin. 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.
The remarkable Racconigi castle is an elegant brickwork house dating
back to the seventeenth century. The central rejecting bay features an
outstanding Neoclassical tetrastyle marble pronaos. The piano nobile has
fan lights and differently pedimented windows.
Weddings in Margaria Casino in the
Royal Wood -
It is Gothic revival red brickwork casino decorated
with twin lancet windows under pointed arch, crowned by a quatrefoil,
and a big finely traceried quatrefoil front on the main gate. On the
wings are massive towers ornamented with corbelled cornici and merlons.
The park
The castle opens northwards to a wide park, designed in the 17th century
by the Parisian André Le Notre, who also designed the gardens of the
Palace of Versailles. In the late 18th century, Pelagio Pelagi erected a
series of small structures like the Doric Tempietto along the lake, a "Russian
dacha" (built to honour tsar Nicholas II of Russia's visit to Piedmont),
the Gothic church and others.
History
The castle, first built as a fortified palace between the land
of the Savoia-Acaja family and the marquisade of Saluzzo, passed to the
Savoia-Carignano cadet branch in 1620.
The castle has a distinctive majestic architecture and elaborate halls,
complete with furniture, frescoes, statues, stuccos, chandeliers and a
vast collection of paintings. The castle gardens are also worth
mentioning, with their lake and scenic settings.
Many architects of international fame, such as André Le Nôtre, Guarino
Guarini, Giovanni Battista Borra, Pelagio Palagi and Xavier Kurten,
worked on the castle of Racconigi, making it an important European
cultural and artistic centre.
The castle and the gardens have been State property since 1980, under
the supervision of Piedmont region’s authorities. These first ten years
of State running have focusedon renovations and works to make the castle
safe for visits (which have been taking place since 1994). The property
was extremely run down at the moment of purchase.
Since 2001 the National Lottery has helped fundnew renovations of the
castle gardens, restoring their original Romantic style which had been
inaugurated by Kurten
The Royal Castle-16
near Turin. 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.
