Palazzo Carignano
The Palazzo Carignano is a historical building in the center of the northern Italian city of Turin. It was once the residence of the eponymous Prince of Carignan, a branch of the House of Savoy. It is situated on Via Accademia delle Scienze, and now houses the Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento.
History
The construction of the Palazzo Carignano as an appropriate residence for the family of Savoy - Carignan was given by Emmanuel Philibert Amadeus, the oldest son of Thomas Francis of Savoy - Carignan, in order. 1679, work began to plans by the Savoyard architect Guarino Guarini.
Between 1848 and 1865, the palace served as the seat of the Chamber of Deputies of the Subalpine Parliament. With the establishment of the united Kingdom of Italy in 1861 the Palazzo Carignano was too small in its existing structure and therefore extended. When the Italian capital was moved in 1865 from Turin to Florence, the Palazzo Carigano lost its function. Since then, it houses various institutions and cultural institutions.
Architecture
On a square plot Guarini designed a vast building made of exposed brick. The central part of the baroque west facade has today an exceptional design. The wave-shaped concave- convex- concave rhythms based on Francesco Borromini's Roman church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane. The window decoration is reminiscent of the piano nobile feather headdress and is an allusion to the successful approach of the Carignan Regiment Salières against the Iroquois in New France in 1667. Behind the rounding is an elliptically shaped tower. The main building surrounds a large courtyard. The former garden façade, however, was designed rather simple.
The conversion also went to the relocation of the Parliament before 1871 on. Especially the former garden facade and nunmehrige after the demolition of garden walls east facade was redesigned. She received an eclectic look with columns and pilasters of white stone and red stucco. The Palazzo Carignano former garden was redesigned to Piazza Carlo Alberto, now one of the main squares of the historic center of Turin. The former stables on the east side of the square house the Turin National Library today.
Others
The palace is among other things, the birthplace of the later Italian king Vittorio Emanuele II. Reminds a building designed by Carlo Ceppi frieze on the pediment of the central axis of the main facade with the inscription QVI NACQVE EMANVELE VICTOR II (Eng. "Here Victor Emanuele II was born " ). It was installed in 1884, fits stylistically but in the remaining Baroque façade. Furthermore, in 1749 Marie -Louise of Savoy - Carignan, princesse de Lambelle called, a confidante of Marie Antoinette was born here.