Italy · Restored
Castle of Racconigi
Racconigi Castle is a palace and landscaped park in Racconigi, Piedmont, Italy, formerly a residence of the Carignano line of the House of Savoy and part of the UNESCO Residences of the Royal House of Savoy. The present building combines a central Baroque/late‑17th-century block with later neoclassical façades and 19th‑century expansions, set before extensive formal and later romantic parkland.
Its prime
1840
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1840
The shape it held in its prime.
A broad, symmetrical palace of stuccoed brick and pale stone with white marble accents, extended laterally by two side wings connected to the façade pavilions. The central block is surmounted by a pagoda‑like roof; two northern pavilions have low domes topped by white marble lanterns. The principal façade features a classical entrance with four Corinthian columns and a triangular pediment. The palace fronts a wide jardin à la française that opens northwards, with lakes and scattered park structures beyond.
Its story
The story of Castle of Racconigi.
Racconigi was a possession of the margraves of Saluzzo and others from the 13th century, and was acquired in the 16th century by the House of Savoy. In 1630 Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy granted it to his nephew Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, founder of the Savoy-Carignano line, whose official residence it became.
In the late 17th century Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano commissioned Guarino Guarini to transform the fortress into a pleasure residence — the current central section with its pagoda-like roof, dome-topped pavilions and gardens. Louis Victor added neoclassical interiors, a columned entrance and the great staircase in the late 18th century, and Charles Albert, the Carignano who became King of Sardinia, enlarged it further through his court architect Ernesto Melano.
The last King of Italy, Umberto II, was born here in 1904 and received the castle as a wedding present in 1930, installing the family gallery of some 3,000 paintings and historical documents concerning the Shroud of Turin. Racconigi is now one of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
Step inside
12 places to explore in 1840.
The record describes 12 distinct spots at Castle of Racconigi — including 3 interiors: great staircase, principal state salon (interior photographed), family gallery and collection rooms. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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Clans who held Castle of Racconigi.
The families that held Castle of Racconigi for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Saluzzo
A possession of the margraves of Saluzzo from the 13th century until the House of Savoy acquired it in the 16th.
Savoy
Acquired by the House of Savoy in the 16th century; official residence of the Savoy-Carignano line from 1630, and a wedding present to the future King Umberto II in 1930.
