Palazzo Madama (Turin)

The Palazzo Madama in Turin is a representative city palace, which served the rulers of Savoy as a residence. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Residences of the Royal House of Savoy and now houses an art museum.

History

The palace is located on the territory of the ancient Roman town of Augusta Taurinorum, the city gate, the Porta Decumana of 45 BC, incorporated into the present structure. Duke Filippo of Savoy moved the two towers of the gate in the construction of a fort in the construction of a with. During the 15th century the building was enlarged under his successor, Ludovico and fitted with two other towers. As a result, the fortress was converted into a royal residence. In the 17th century chose Maria Cristina of France, known as Madama Reale, the palace as their preferred domicile. Since that time, it bears the name Palazzo Madama.

Between 1718 and 1721, the palace was extensively remodeled, received a new facade, an atrium and a representative staircase. In 1848 he became the seat of the Senato del Regno; Since 1934 it is used as a museum.

Architecture

Between 1718 and 1721 the palace a new Baroque wing was designed by the court architect Filippo Juvarra in Turin. Contracting Authority was the wife of the Duke Carlo Emanuele II Maria Giovanna Battista of Savoy. As usual with baroque palaces are the imposing architecture and decoration with ornamental architectural decoration, reliefs, sculptures and the abundant use of its monogram MJB the glorification of the building owner.

The façade was built from an off-white limestone from the Susa Valley, the stresses due to its light and translucent effect applied on transparency architecture. The two storey building is divided into six bays. Four reliefs with trophies frame the three arcades portals that are each decorated with mighty lion heads as keystones of the arches. The reliefs sculpted by Giovanni Baratta. The building is crowned by a balustrade with vases and four allegorical figures above the central projection, power, prosperity, fertility and justice incarnate.

Between 1883 and 1885 the three sides of the medieval palace have been restored under the direction of Alfredo d' Andrade thoroughly within the meaning of historicism. Today's picture of the palace, is determined by Andrades ideas and his restoration work, for which he had specially burn 30,000 special brick.

Museum

The palace is since 1934 the seat of the Museo Civico d' Arte Antica. It houses a collection of medieval sculptures and paintings as well as an arts and crafts area with a glass, porcelain and ceramics from different eras.

Cultural landscapes Amalfi Coast | Etna | Cilento and Vallo di Diano ( with Elea, Paestum and Charterhouse of Padula ) | Dolomites | Aeolian Islands | Porto Venere and Cinque Terre with Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto | Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (Catania, Caltagirone, Noto, Militello in Val di Catania, Modica, Palazzolo Acreide, Ragusa and Scicli ) | Val d' Orcia

Individual buildings or groups of buildings Crespi d' Adda | Trulli of Alberobello | Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi | Basilica of Aquileia | Palace of Caserta, San Leucio and Vanvitelli aqueduct in Caserta | Castel del Monte | The Longobards in Italy, Places of Power; 568-774 AD (Brescia, Cividale del Friuli, Castelseprio, Spoleto, Campello sul Clitunno, Benevento and Monte Sant'Angelo ) | Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan | Sassi di Matera | Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena | Botanical Garden of Padua | Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa ( Leaning Tower, Duomo, Baptistery and Campo Santo ) | early Christian monuments and Mosaics of Ravenna | Sacri Monti | Villa Adriana and Villa d' Este in Tivoli | Residences of the Royal House of Savoy and Piedmont | Palladian villas in the Veneto | villas and gardens of the Medici family in Tuscany

45.0709444444447.6857777777778Koordinaten: 45 ° 4 ' 15 " N, 7 ° 41' 9" E

Palace in Italy
Museum of Art in Italy
Building in Turin
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