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Agliè Castle
Agliè Castle is a ducal residence in Agliè, Piedmont, long held by the House of Savoy and included since 1997 among the UNESCO Residences of the Royal House of Savoy. The present appearance reflects extensive 17th–19th century remodelling into a palatial residence with formal courtyards, a chapel, connecting galleries and landscaped parkland with a large lake and pond.
Its prime
1840
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1840
What Agliè Castle looked like in its prime.
A compact palatial complex of masonry façades with two courtyards (one facing the village and one internal), an extended garden-facing front, and two eastern towers reduced to small pavilion-like structures; a two-story covered gallery links the castle to the adjacent parish church. The grounds in the prime display a landscaped park with a large lake and a smaller pond, visible from the lower terraces, and multiple formal and informal galleries opening onto courtyards.
Its story
The story of Agliè Castle.
Agliè Castle in Piedmont was long the seat of the Counts of San Martino. In 1667 Count Filippo of San Martino, who had served as counsellor to Christine of France, commissioned the royal architect Amedeo di Castellamonte to redesign the garden façade, the chapel of San Massimo, the two galleries and the courtyard.
In 1764 the Counts of San Martino sold the property to the House of Savoy, which placed it among the holdings of Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais. Under Napoleon's occupation the castle became a refuge for the poor and the park was sold off for agriculture, but from 1823 it was reinstated among the Savoy possessions; Charles Albert passed it to his younger son Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa, whose successors kept a private "royal" waiting room at Ozegna railway station from 1887 for their visits.
In 1939 the heirs of Prince Tommaso, Duke of Genoa, sold the castle to the Italian state for eight million lire. Since 1997 it has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1840.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Agliè Castle — including 3 interiors: chapel of san massimo, two-story gallery linking to parish church, state apartments (principal interiors). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more rooms, more angles, and more of the place to stand in.
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Clans who held Agliè Castle.
The families that held Agliè Castle for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
San Martino
Seat of the Counts of San Martino until they sold it to the House of Savoy in 1764.
Savoy
Held by the House of Savoy from 1764 — reinstated in 1823 after the Napoleonic occupation — until sold to the state in 1939.
