Valentino Castle

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Valentino Castle () is an old residence of the Savoy dynasty and historic building in Turin, northern Italy, located in the same name park. Valentino on the banks of the river Po.

It's owned by the state since 1850. It was subsequently given to the Polytechnic University of Turin. As of 2021 there is the headquarters of the Department of Architecture and related Bachelor's and Master's courses.

Since 1997, the building has been included in the World Heritage List as part of the UNESCO serial site of Royal Savoy Residences in Piedmont.

In 1900 the first Turin Auto Salon was held in the castle.

History

Origin of toponima
The name of the building comes from a toponym of uncertain origin. The first urban document in which the Toonym Vallantinum appears dates back to 1275 and denotes the morphology of the surrounding terrain, which is characterized by a small valley where parallel to the river There's a stream running.

Other historical sources identify the origin of the name by St. Valentine of Terney, whose supposed relics were stored in a small church, where by 2021 the current park is located. In order to confirm the hypothesis, some studies argue that in a unique intertwine of religious memory and secular life, the custom of celebrating the celebration of lovers is born precisely in the Tony River Park, where on February 14th each year the then nobles take part in a gallant celebration, where every lady calls her knight Valentino.

Original Building
There are reports from the 16th century of an original building. They can be traced to the presence of suburban nobility villas of the delights belonging to the Birago family. Renato Birago, a nobleman of the Savoy Court, sold the villa to the Duke of Emmanuel Philibert Savoysky (1528 "1580), who bought it in 1564. However, in 1565 the Duke had to sell it again to finance the upcoming construction of the Citadel of Turin and it was bought by his treasurer Giovanni de Broses. In 1570 the Duke bought it again on the advice of the great architect Andrea Paladio and she underwent her first significant expansion completed in 1578.

After the Duke's death in 1580 the building was inherited by the Duke Karl Emmanuel I Savoyski (1562 The 1585 chronicles refer to Filippo as a guest who welcomed the wedding procession of Karl Emanuel I himself, who arrived on the river in Turin with his wife Katerina Austrian. During this period the building is home to noble families Este di San Martino, Senmeran, Chiconya, Pacelli and Calvi, who also purchased part of the castle.

Madame Christina and first reorder.
The building, apparently inspired by architecture beyond the Alps, owes its present form to the royal Madame Christina French (1606 She gets the castle ver