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[[File:Castellorivoli1.jpg|thumb|300px|The unifinished façade by [[Filippo Juvarra]].]]
 
[[File:Castellorivoli1.jpg|thumb|300px|The unifinished façade by [[Filippo Juvarra]].]]
 
[[File:Castellorivoli2.jpg|thumb|300px|Remains of the connection between Juvarra's section and the ''Manica Lunga''.]]
 
[[File:Castellorivoli2.jpg|thumb|300px|Remains of the connection between Juvarra's section and the ''Manica Lunga''.]]
The '''Castle of Rivoli''' is a former [[Residences of the Royal House of Savoy|Residence of the Royal House of Savoy]] in [[Rivoli (Italy)|Rivoli]] ([[province of Turin]], Italy). It is currently home to the [[Castello di Rivoli - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea]], the museum of contemporary art of Turin.
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The '''Castle of Rivoli''' is a former [[Residences of the Royal House of Savoy|Residence of the Royal House of Savoy]] in [[Rivoli (Italy)|Rivoli]] (province of Turin, Italy). It is currently home to the [[Castello di Rivoli - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea]], the museum of contemporary art of Turin.
   
 
==History==
 
==History==

Revision as of 17:10, 11 February 2018

Castellorivoli1

The unifinished façade by Filippo Juvarra.

Castellorivoli2

Remains of the connection between Juvarra's section and the Manica Lunga.

The Castle of Rivoli is a former Residence of the Royal House of Savoy in Rivoli (province of Turin, Italy). It is currently home to the Castello di Rivoli - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, the museum of contemporary art of Turin.

History

The castle was probably built in the 9th-10th centuries, but its existence is mentioned for the first time only in 1159, in a diplom by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa that ceded the Rivolese territories to the bishops of Turin.

The House of Savoy acquired Rivoli in the 11th century, and soon began a feud with the bishops that as soon as 1184 provoked damage to the castle. In 1330 Amadeus VI of Savoy moved in the castle the Consiglio dei Principi, senior administrative council of the countryside. The castle was also the first place of public veneration of the Shroud of Turin in his path towards Turin under Amadeus IX.

After a period of decline, the Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis (1559) established that Duke Emmanuel Philibert could not reside in Turin until he had not a male child. He therefore set his residency in the Castle of Rivoli, having it restored by architect Ascanio Vitozzi. In 1562 heir Charles Emmanuel I was born, and he returned to Turin. Works on Vittozzi's designed were brought on until 1644 under Carlo and Amedeo di Castellamonte, with the construction of the so-called Manica Lunga, intended to house the Savoy Gallery, the sole 17th century part of the edifice still visible today. Numerous of the works of art were however stolen by French troops in the following years. New works began after 1706.

Victor Amadeus II commissioned a new façade from Filippo Juvarra, but again it remained unfinished. Victor Amadeus lived here as a prisoner with his morganatic spouse the Marchesa di Spigno after his abdication and his failed attempt to regain the reign from his son Charles Emmanuel III. After his death, the castle was mostly abandoned, and in 1863 the commune of Rivoli turned into barracks, while twenty years later a section was used as library.

The edifice was heavily damaged during World War II, and remained in a substantial state of abandon until 1979, when new works of restoration were begun. In 1984 the castle was reopened as seat of the Museo di Arte Contemporanea (Contemporary Art Museum), one of the best-known in Europe.

The palace is the setting for the play King Victor and King Charles by Robert Browning.

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Coordinates: 45°04′12″N 7°30′37″E / 45.070028°N 7.51025°E / 45.070028; 7.51025

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