Palazzo Carignano
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| Palazzo Carignano | |
 The Baroque façade |
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| Building information | |
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| Town | Via Accademia delle Scienze, Turin |
| Country | Italy |
| Architect | Camillo-Guarino Guarini |
| Client | Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Carignano |
| Construction start date | 1679 |
| Structural system | Brick |
| Style | Baroque |
Palazzo Carignano is a historical building in the centre of Turin which currently houses the National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento.
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[edit] Building
In the second half of the XVII century Emanuele Filiberto commissioned Guarino Guarini to design a palace for his family. The building, made of bricks, is atypical baroque style. It has an elliptical center façade. The decorations over the windows of the piano nobile recall the campaign of the Carignano family with the French against the Iroquois in 1667.
[edit] History
From 1848 to 1861 the palace was used for the House of Deputies of the Subalpine Parliament. In 1861, with the new Italian parliament, the room was too small to host the House of Deputies.
[edit] Trivia
Marie Therese de Savoie-Carignan, later Princesse de Lamballe and ill-fated confidante of Queen Marie Antoinette was born here in 1749
[edit] References
- Palazzo Carignano, from the site of the Museo nazionale del Risorgimento italiano.
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