This Saturday, 18th at 3 PM at the MAMAC Auditorium
The historical heritage lectures are part of numerous awareness-raising actions conducted throughout the year to unveil the many aspects and perspectives of its heritage.
The most curious minds will be delighted by the lecture series of this first semester, “If Palaces Could Tell Their Tales.”
The palaces of Vieux-Nice are discussed as one might talk about the Italian palazzi or the townhouses of the Marais in Paris. But what exactly does this term encompass? And what remains today of this noble civil architecture?
The Royal Palace of Turin between 1584 and 1865: Three Centuries of History by Paolo Cornaglia, Professor, Polytechnic University of Turin
With the transfer of the duchy’s capital from Chambéry to Turin, Emmanuel-Philibert of Savoy established his residence in the bishop’s palace in 1563. In 1584, Charles Emmanuel I commissioned architect Ascanio Vittozzi to construct a new building.
During the 17th and 18th centuries, service buildings for the life of the Court and the State were added to the palace: the Chapel of the Holy Shroud, the Ministries, the Archives, the Royal Academy, the Royal Theater, the Stables, and the riding schools, forming a true section of the city.
Only completed in the 18th century, the palace was then decorated by eminent architects of the time, such as Filippo Juvarra and Benedetto Alfieri. The gardens, meanwhile, were designed by André Le Nôtre, who sent the drawings from Paris to a collaborator, Antoine de Marne.
