Hotel York Cinisello – Italy Travel Guide

Rivoli Castle in Turin

The former capital of the Kingdom of Savoy is the beautiful city of Turin, which hosts more than 2000 years old and is one of the richest sites in terms of culture in Italy.

While she’ll be able to enjoy Romans as signs Duomo area with the Palatine, the squares of Castello, San Carlo, Vittorio and Carignano, also presents some interesting castles, royal residences performed as intended for relaxation and hunting. Some specimens are Venaria Castle, Castle Aglio, Moncalieri Castle and the Castle of Rivoli (or Castello di Rivoli), on which we will devote attention.

The site was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997 and is located in the middle of Piazza Mafalda di Savoia Rivoli, in Piedmont, Italy. If you arrive with your flight Turin, and see that it is essential visit.

Its history goes back to the ninth or tenth century, precisely in the year 1159, when Emperor Frederick Barbarossa Rivoli territories ceded to the bishops of Turin by a diploma. From the twelfth century this vast and important castle became property of the royal family of Savoy and thus the building became home to the XVIII century.

It was thus that, over time, the site was attacked and subjected by the French troops and just after the year 1979 (after the Second World War), began to perform restoration work under the command of architect Andrea Bruno (recognized worldwide for designing the Royal Palace and the facade of the Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso).

So, that from 1984, the doors were reopened Rivori Castle and gave way to the Museum of Contemporary Art, with a major exhibition called “Overture.”

But there’s more. In 1998 opened the sector’s oldest building, which was used as a gallery with dimensions of over 140 meters long. This is the “Manica Lung (Long Wing) and it presents temporary exhibitions, all services of the museum, a collection of advertising, educational structures and the first collection that offers everything relates to contemporary art since the 50 with copies of Giacomo Balla, Gilberto Zorio and Giuseppe Penone.