The Royal Residences of Piedmont are of extraordinary historical and artistic value. The Savoy Residence is a complex of great historical, artistic and environmental importance. These structures, now included among the UNESCO World Heritage sites, were partly used as official Royal and noble residences, in part designed for the practice of hunting, one of the favourite activities of the Royal family.
The residences are twelve, five cities and twelve suburban built between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,
They are one of the must-see tourist attractions found in Piedmont and a central part in the colourful and fascinating history of the region.
The most important building is undoubtedly the Royal Palace, residence of the Savoy line and today a magnificent museum, which preserves objects and furnishings of successive generations of sovereigns.
The heart of this system is the Baroque Royal Palace in Piazza Castello in Turin.
The precious construction of real Savoy, is a magnificent example of seventeenth century architecture. Remodeled and updated several times according to the taste of architects like Juvarra, Alfieri and Pelagi.
Inside, the reception rooms and the Royal apartments, which retain beautiful furnishings and stunning frescoes.
At the rear of the Palace the Royal Gardens, designed by Andre Le Notre, who also designed the Gardens of Versailles. In the Royal Library are now preserved in the famous self-portrait blood of Leonardo Da Vinci.
Close by to the Royal Building, we find Palazzo Madama.
This construction can on it’s own recount the bi-millennial history of Turin. Incredibly we find in a single buidling the Roman towers of the ancient Pretorian Door, the fifteenth-century Castle and the façade and the atrium credited to Phillip Juvarra from 1721. This is the center piece of the Civic Museum of Ancient Art.
A short distance away there is Palazzo Carignano, a famous example of the baroque style work of Guarino Guarini. The spectacular central elliptical hall, transformed in 1848, the courtroom deputy to host the first subalpine Parliament.
Complete the series of townhouses, the Valentino Castle and the Villa Queen: the first is located in the largest city park, Parco, along the banks of the Po and the Depending overlooking the city from the surrounding Hills.
The Turin residences are the corollary of the many other “Crown of Delights”. The Racconigi Castle, the Castle of 
Govone, the Castello di Moncalieri, of the Herd estate inhabited by Vittorio Emanuele II and the “Bella Rosina” that still retains an immense park of great natural wealth and landscape, and the Agency of Pollenzo, now home to the University of Gastronomic Sciences commissioned by the Region of Piedmont and by the Slow Food.
The best known example is the Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, the monumental Baroque palace from the original plant to four arms in saltire. This is now the Museum of Art and Furniture, and often hosts art exhibitions of great interest. Other splendid residences include the imposing Castello di Rivoli (home of the Museum of Contemporary Art), the Ducal Castle of Agliè ,which boasts an amazing three hundred rooms as well as beautiful English and Italian gardnes, and the Reggia di Venaria, the “Versailles of Turin”.