Residences of the Royal House of Savoy

Infobox World Heritage Site
WHS = Residences of the Royal House of Savoy


State Party = ITA
Type = Cultural
Criteria = i, ii, iv, v
ID = 823
Region = Europe and North America
Year = 1997
Session = 21st
Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/823The Residences of the Royal House of Savoy is a group of structures in Turin and its province, in Piedmont (northern Italy). Added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1997, it includes the following patrimonies:

Residences

*In "Turin":
**Palazzo Reale
**Palazzo Chiablese
**Royal Armory - Royal Library
**Palazzo della Prefettura (former State Secretariats)
**State Archives (former Court Archives)
**Former Military Academy
**Riding School with stables
**Mint [Regia Zecca]
**Façade of the Royal Theatre
**Palazzo Madama
**Palazzo Carignano
**Castello del Valentino
**Villa della Regina

*In "Piedmont", near "Turin"
**Castello di Rivoli
**Castello di Moncalieri
**Castello di Venaria
**Castello della Mandria
**Palazzina di Stupinigi
**Castello di Agliè
**Castello di Racconigi
**Pollenzo Estate
**Castello di Govone"'

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House of Savoy

The name "House of Savoy" derives from the historical region Savoy in then France that emerged, along with the free communes of Switzerland, in what is now called Switzerland. Over time the house grew from that region to rule almost all of the Italian Peninsula. Yet their growth and survival over the centuries was not based on spectacular conquests, but on gradual territorial expansion through marriage and methodical and highly manipulative political acquisitions.

ee also

*Counts of Savoy
*Dukes of Savoy
*Kingdom of Sardinia
*Kingdom of Italy

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