Villa della Regina
Seventeenth-century vineyard villa on the Turin hill, a Savoy residence with decorated apartments, terraced gardens and views over the city.
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About the museum
Villa della Regina rose at the beginning of the 17th century on the hill of Turin as a vineyard residence of Prince Cardinal Maurizio di Savoia, son of Charles Emmanuel I, inspired by Roman villas. On the prince's death in 1657, his wife Ludovica expanded the complex and renewed the gardens, decorations and furnishings. In 1692 the property passed to Anna d'Orléans, consort of Victor Amadeus II, from whom it took the name Villa della Regina.
Under the direction of Filippo Juvarra and later of Giovanni Pietro Baroni di Tavigliano the spaces were rethought in dialogue with the garden; rooms and apartments were decorated by artists such as Giovan Battista Crosato, Corrado Giaquinto and Giuseppe Dallamano. After 1865 the complex was donated to the Istituto nazionale per le Figlie dei Militari, which from 1869 housed a school for war orphans.
Damaged by bombing during the Second World War and then abandoned, the villa was revived from 1994, when it was entrusted to the Soprintendenza per i Beni Artistici e Storici del Piemonte and restored. Today it can be visited with the apartments, the new permanent display A scuola a Villa della Regina and the gardens with views over Turin and the Alps.
Highlights
- Apartments decorated by Crosato, Giaquinto and Dallamano
- Terraced gardens with grottoes and water features
- Views over the city, the Po and the Alps
- Permanent display A scuola a Villa della Regina
Permanent exhibitions
- A scuola a Villa della Regina – New permanent display dedicated to the school for daughters of soldiers that occupied the villa from 1869.
- Appartamenti e giardini della villa – Route through the decorated rooms and terraced gardens of the Savoy residence.
- Operated by
- Residenze reali sabaude – Direzione regionale Musei nazionali Piemonte (Ministero della Cultura)
- Visitors per year
- approx. 55,287
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €10 |
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| Reduced | €2young people aged 18 to 25, holders of the Io leggo di più card of the Circolo dei lettori, and students enrolled at the Scuola Holden in Turin |
| 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. |
| Gardens only | €5 |
Free admission: Free admission on the first Sunday of the month (Domenica al museo), with compulsory online booking.
The Villa+Giardini ticket costs €10. 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 for visits from Wednesday to Sunday and on public holidays are bought online via Musei italiani or its app; the ticket for Tuesday only at the ticket office. Payment at the ticket office in cash or by card (POS).
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Villa Regina Ovest
Buses: lines 53, 56 and 66, Villa Regina Ovest stop (1421/1422); lines 13 and 73, Gran Madre stop (terminus); Star2 line, Vittorio Veneto stop.
The museum is located on the Turin hill, at Strada Santa Margherita 79.
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | Bookings of groups and schools by e-mail to drm-pie.villadellaregina@cultura.gov.it. |
