The Castello del Valentino is a historic building ...

The Castello del Valentino is a historic building in Turin located in the anonymous Valentino Park on the banks of the Po and a World Heritage Site as part of the UNESCO site, Residenze Sabaude. Purchased as a hunting lodge by the Duke Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, who began the transformation works, passed, upon his death, to the heir Carlo Emanuele I, then husband of Catherine of Austria.
With the marriage of his son Vittorio Amedeo I of Savoy, Carlo Emanuele I gifted the castle to his daughter-in-law Maria Cristina of Bourbon, daughter of the King of France Henry IV. Upon the death of her husband, who had become regent of the Duchy, first Madama Reale, she took care of the transformation of the dwelling which assumed its present form on a project by Carlo and Amedeo Castellamonte. After various vicissitudes and an important transformation in the 19th in anticipation of the VI National Exhibition of Products for Industry. Finally, in 1869, it became the official headquarters of the Royal Application School for Engineers and today it is owned by the Polytechnic of Turin and hosts the degree courses in Architecture.
The building is characterized by a PT hall, called Sala delle Colonne which receives the entrance halls on the Po side, when the main facade was the one which became secondary after the transformation of the building in conjunction with the exhibition. At the exit, on the city side, of this room, two symmetrical staircases lead to the 1st floor to the two apartments that depart from the central party room: the golden apartment facing south occupied by Madama Reale, the white apartment facing north occupied by her husband.
The golden apartment consists of 5 rooms: "Verde", "Delle Rose", "Dello Zodiaco", "Della Nascita dei Fiori", "Dei Gigli" and "Dal Gabinetto dei Fiori Indorato".
The white apartment, also consists of 5 rooms, namely: "Della Guerra", "Del Mercato", "Delle Magnificenze", "Della Caccia", "Delle Feste" and finally "Il Gabinetto delle Fatiche d'Ercole. All the rooms in the Madama Reale apartment are full of floral and alchemical frescoes, while the Duke's lawsuits are full of really beautiful and interesting stuccos.I believe that this house deserves even more than one visit to better understand its beauty.