Venaria Reale Travel Guide

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  The garden of palace are beautiful. They were restored like the original ones. They are very similar to the ones in the Versailles Palace with flowers, lakes and fountains. The most beautiful and important fountain is the Fontana di Ercole. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  The Cappella di Sant'Uberto (protector of the hunters) is a masterpiece of the Baroque style. It was built between 1716 and 1729 by Filippo Juvarra with the facade with bricks.The chapel has got an octagonal shape. It has got two altars in the transept and four chapels on... 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  In the State Apartments you can have an idea about how beauriful was the palace in the 17th century. Here you can see fantastic roofs with plasters and frescoes. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  The Sala di Diana is the most important room of the Reggia di Diana erected by Amedeo di Catellamonte between 1660 and 1663. This is the highest room of the whole palace with on the roof wonderful plasters. On the walls there are paintings showings the Dukes of Savoy. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  Filippo Juvarra conceives the new space of the Galleria grande as a big "theater of light", open to South toward the Flowers Garden. He created and it realized a room 80 meters long and 12 meters wide and tall and it is proposed as the authentic symbol of the residence.... 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  The Galleria Grande was planned at the end of the 16th century by the architect Michelangelo Garove as exhibition room of the court. It is also the connection between the Palace and the stables. It was remodeled by Filippo Juvarra between 1716 and 1718. 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  In 1716 Filippo Juvarra became the master of the project of the palace. He projected the Galleria Grande (Great Gallery), the Chiesa di Sant'Uberto, the Citroneria and the Great stable. During the 17th century the works passed over the hands of many architects among which... 

 Cristian_Uluru Says:  In the 16th century the duke Carlo Emanuele II of Savoy decided to built a new palace of delicious and of hunting for the court. The architect Amedeo di Castellamonte projected the village, the palace, the garden and the hunting's woods. The heart of the project was the... 

 Polly74 Says:  The royal rooms resemble a large apartment owned by the upper-middle class, rather than a palace. The interior was designed by the architect Domenico Ferri, who took on the role of " Palace Decorator" from Pelagio Palagi in 1856. King Vittorio Emanuele II wanted an apartment... 

 Polly74 Says:  The sixteenth-century Roman garden inspired Amedeo of Castellamonte to create the parks which surrounded the Palace of Diana at Veneria Reale. I Changes in taste and the need to represent Absolute Power - Vittorio Amedeo II was actually transforming the Dukedom into a... 

 Polly74 Says:  Filippo Juvarra completed the architectural work for Venaria with the majestic layout of the citrus greenhouse and stables. They were two huge buildings, which were built during a five-year period from 1722 to 1727.The stable measured forty-eight metres long and twelve... 

 Polly74 Says:  The church is dedicated to Saint Uberto, patron saint of all hunters. It was designed by Filippo Juvarra and building work began in 1716. It was completed by the end of the century, although the dome was never finished and was replaced by a trompe l'oeil. The chapel was... 

 Polly74 Says:  The name 'Castelvecchio' (old castle) was given to the building standing at the entrance to the palace in Venaria. Today, it appears bearing two orthogonal necks. This is what remains of the original palace access road, which was designed by Amedeo of Castellamonte in 1659.... 

 Polly74 Says:  Designed at the end of the seventeenth century by the architect Michelangelo Garove as the Court's "display" area and connection between the Palace and the stables, Diana's Gallery was later redesigned by Filippo Juvarra between 1716 and 1718.He saw it as a grand "theatre of... 

 Polly74 Says:  The road, which is lined with uniformly sober buildings, none of which are higher than twelve metres, opens up into "L'Annunziata" Square about halfway along. This square was originally intended to be the social heart of the city as well as a scenic stopping-off place before... 

 Polly74 Says:  A palace, gardens and town - all together in one single system, stretching over an axis of nearly two kilometres. This was the idea that led to Castellamonte revolutionising the urban landscape in Altessano Superiore in 1659 and the creation of the small town, Venaria Reale....