071027 - Racconigi - 44 - Castello Reale
Racconigi Royal Castle - Castello Reale di Racconigi
The Margherie
Old stronghold transformed into a castle by the Marquises of Saluzzo and acquired by the Savoy Dynasty in 1605. The Prince Emanuele Filiberto entrusted the enlargement and transformation into an aristocratic villa to Guarino Guarini in 1676.
Inside there are many halls decorated and furnished with works of art and furniture from the 17th to the 20th century.
Behind the castle there is a large, magnificent park, in which the greenhouses and the "Margherie" complex are found, made of various rooms related to hunting.
Nowaday the Castle and the Park may be visited paying two separated tickes: in the Palace you can enter by guided tours (one each hour) while in the park you can make wonderful walks through the gardens or take the inner train or rent a lovely calash too.
Racconigi is 39 km far from Turin.
071027 - Racconigi - 44 - Castello Reale
Racconigi Royal Castle - Castello Reale di Racconigi
The Margherie
Old stronghold transformed into a castle by the Marquises of Saluzzo and acquired by the Savoy Dynasty in 1605. The Prince Emanuele Filiberto entrusted the enlargement and transformation into an aristocratic villa to Guarino Guarini in 1676.
Inside there are many halls decorated and furnished with works of art and furniture from the 17th to the 20th century.
Behind the castle there is a large, magnificent park, in which the greenhouses and the "Margherie" complex are found, made of various rooms related to hunting.
Nowaday the Castle and the Park may be visited paying two separated tickes: in the Palace you can enter by guided tours (one each hour) while in the park you can make wonderful walks through the gardens or take the inner train or rent a lovely calash too.
Racconigi is 39 km far from Turin.