Palazzo Carignano
Baroque masterpiece by Guarino Guarini, with the Appartamenti dei Principi di Carignano and, on the piano nobile (main floor), the Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento.
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About the museum
Palazzo Carignano was built at the wish of Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy-Carignano and designed by Guarino Guarini, who began construction in 1679. It is considered one of the masterpieces of 17th-century Italian architecture, with an undulating façade and an elegant cladding of worked brick. It stands on the site of the former stables of Prince Tommaso, founder of the Savoy-Carignano branch.
The building originally had a C-shaped plan open towards the gardens. The present quadrangular layout derives from the 19th-century extension made to house the Parlamento Italiano, completed in 1871 after the transfer of the capital to Rome. The central elliptical hall, conceived as a space for court festivities, became in 1848 the chamber of the Primo Parlamento Subalpino.
Today the palace houses two museums and the offices of the Residenze reali sabaude. On the ground floor the Appartamenti dei Principi di Carignano can be visited, opened in 2011, with gilded boiseries and vaults frescoed by Stefano Maria Legnani, known as Legnanino. The Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano is on the piano nobile.
Highlights
- Undulating brick façade by Guarino Guarini
- Appartamenti dei Principi di Carignano with gilded boiseries
- Vaults frescoed by Legnanino
- Hall of the Primo Parlamento Subalpino (1848)
- Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano on the piano nobile
Permanent exhibition
- Appartamenti dei Principi di Carignano – Route on the ground floor through the 17th- and 18th-century apartments, with gilded boiseries and frescoed vaults.
- Founded
- 1679
- Operated by
- Residenze reali sabaude – Direzione regionale Musei nazionali Piemonte (Ministero della Cultura)
- Visitors per year
- approx. 25,856
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | €2Young people aged 18 to 25 |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 17 · Free admission for under-18s and for holders of the Passaporto culturale (Nati con la cultura). |
| Visitors with disabilities | freecompanion free · Free admission for people with disabilities and their companions. |
Free admission: Free admission on the first Sunday of the month (Domenica al museo), with a free visit and mandatory online booking for all visitors.
Free admission also for holders of the Abbonamento Musei, Torino+Piemonte Card and Royal Pass, ICOM members, teachers, journalists, EU tourist guides and other categories provided for. Tickets are bought online on Musei italiani or with the related app; at the ticket office you pay in cash or by card terminal (POS).
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Castello (fermata 471) o Bertola (fermata 1642)
Metro: Porta Nuova station, 900 m away. Buses and trams: lines 13, 15, 55 and 56 to the Castello stop; lines 4, 6, 11, 15, 27, 51, 57 and 58 to the Bertola stop; lines Star1 and Star2 to the Roma stop; lines 7 and 72 terminating at Castello and Bertola.
By car from the A21 motorway, take the corso Unità d’Italia exit; from the A32, the corso Regina Margherita exit, then towards the centre.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | For information and bookings: drm-pie.carignano-prenotazioni@cultura.gov.it, tel. 011 564 1711. On free days, access is regulated according to the maximum capacity of the rooms. |
