Castello di Racconigi

Savoy Residences

Category: Savoy Residences

To turn the Racconigi Castle into a home, the major architects of the time worked for three centuries. Guarino Guarini, hired by Prince Emanuele Filibeto di Savoia, built the strip with towers and the monumental stairs towards the park during the second half of the 17th century. In the 18th century, Giovanni Battista Borra, a student of Bernardo Vittone, designed the counter façade in a Neo-Classical style, to which Ernesto Melano added lateral forms in 1831. The castle’s interior – among the best preserved of the House of Savoy residencies as it was lived in for four centuries – recaps the two important aspects in the lives of ruling families: the official life made-up of balls, parties, and receptions and the more private life. The palace and garden conversation assumes great importance: the very vast 170 hectare park with more than 25 kilometers of roads and paths is enriched with fountains, statutes, and water entertainment. The Frenchman Andre Le Notre, the set designer and landscape painter Giacomo Pregliasco who, at the end of the 1700’s, introduced the pictorial elements in fashion at the time, and finally, the garden designer Xavier Kirsten, who brought the naturalistic Romanesque taste, all worked to create the garden. Instead, Pelagio Pelagi, who constructed one of the masterpieces of Italian Neo-Gothic with the “Margherie”, worked on the agricultural project in the back of the park. The castle, open to the public, often hosts official events and state visits.

Information

Via Morosini, 3 - 12035 Racconigi (Cn)
Tel . +39.0172.84005
E-mail: comunica.racconigi@ambienteto.arti.beniculturali.it
www.ilcastellodiracconigi.it

Castello di Racconigi