Voted the most beautiful public park in Italy, La Reggia di Venaria hosts some of the most refined expressions of universal Baroque. Absolute masterpieces of Architecture, Art and Landscape blend with contemporaneity in a perfect combination of beauty and majesty. The large vegetable garden, family area and children’s games.
The visit itinerary includes the seventeenth-century spaces with the Sala di Diana, the elegance of the Galleria Grande whose visit is accompanied by the music of the composer Brian Eno, the solemnity of the Chapel of Sant’Uberto, with the eighteenth-century works of Filippo Juvarra, and the evocative production on court life by Peter Greenaway. A path almost 2,000 meters long, between the basement and the main floor.
The Venaria Reale, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, represents the magnificence of the Savoy royal court between the 17th and 18th centuries. In the mid-seventeenth century, Carlo Emanuele II of Savoy wanted to build a residence “for pleasure and hunting” and commissioned the project to the architect Amedeo di Castellamonte, who designed a city village, a regal palace and gardens.
The Central Allea, the water canal that crosses the Lower Park, connects the reborn Fountain of Hercules, thanks to recent restoration works, with the Temple of Diana . The Potager Royal joins the allea over an extension of 10 hectares in which orchards alternate with flowers and vegetables. The Garden of Fluid Sculptures by Giuseppe Penone completes the garden of the Lower Park by relating the wall and the seventeenth-century caves through a reading of the contemporary garden.
In the upper park there is the flower garden, the rose garden with large “cushions” of re-blooming roses and the Gran Parterre, the most evocative space of the eighteenth-century garden which connects the important architecture of Filippo Juvarra such as the Great Gallery, the Citroniera and the Stable .
A masterpiece of eighteenth-century architecture, the Great Gallery is one of the symbolic places of the Royal Palace of Venaria
Diana’s Room
The fulcrum of Diana’s Palace is the central hall of the same name, which was accessed after passing through the access courtyard and the honor courtyard.
Chapel of Sant’Uberto
Named after the patron saint of hunters, the Chapel is one of the architectural jewels of the Palace
The Bucintoro of Savoy
The Scuderia Grande currently houses the Regia Scuderia, an installation that includes the Bucintoro dei Savoia and some gala carriages and sedan chairs.
The splendid Bucintoro, built in Venice by Vittorio Amedeo II between 1729 and 1731, is today the only original example left in the world, fully “rigged” with mast, oars and sails.
Water Theater of the Deer Fountain
One of the most evocative fountains in the world: over one hundred jets of water that dance in rhythm with the music. At specific times, it comes alive with the “dances” of its 100 water jets up to about 10 meters high, following the rhythm of ancient and contemporary music: on Saturday and Sunday evenings it becomes a real and its own show with a vast repertoire of songs and the addition of light projections in the water. It is the ideal sight to admire at the end of the visit, before saying goodbye to the Venaria.
Fountain of Hercules
The complex of the Fountain of Hercules Colossus was the place of celebrations: an extraordinary “baroque scenographic machine”, the result of the dialogue between nature and architecture
Fluid Sculpture Garden
Fourteen works, conceived as a sensorial place, by the contemporary artist Giuseppe Penone
The Potager Royal of the Gardens
The large Garden of the Royal Palace enjoys the seasons of greenery: in spring the apple, pear, plum and cherry trees cheer up the heart with their lively blooms; in June dahlias, zinnias, nerines, gladioli flower and aubergines, tomatoes and green beans are ripe; in midsummer the garden is flooded with the scents of lavender, rosemary and basil; and in autumn it is colored with the orange of pumpkins.
Services, Family Areas and Games for Children
Play Grove attraction designed for families. The games, the machines, the “animagics” have fantastic, evocative names that leave room for imagination.
On the ground floor of the Fantacasino, in the Game Machine Room, children will have fun with the Monster Hunter, the automatic ball shooter, the Pirlo, the Gruyere, the bicycle carousel, the Schojei; and on the first floor, in the Music Room, there are the Tartatamburo, the Animorgan, the Music Box and, hanging from the ceiling, the mechanism that moves the two fantastic “deer”: Camillo and Delfina: everything transports them into a magical world and Fantastic.
Freccia di Diana train
It accompanies visitors along the green scenery of the Lower Park: Peschiera, Garden of Fluid Sculptures, Canale, Fountain of Hercules, Potager Royal up to the suggestive remains of the Temple of Diana.
Family and Breastfeeding Room
a special place dedicated to families, large, bright, colourful, integrated into the visit itinerary in the bookshop area. An intimate and relaxing area, easily accessible, reserved for breastfeeding, but also for entertainment for children with readings and small games.
The Royal Palace of Venaria has been recognized as a Family and kids friendly Museum for the physical accessibility of the spaces, the presence of elements such as changing tables, a relaxation area, material dedicated to the little ones to make their stay pleasant
Food – Picnic Areas
It is possible to bring your own lunch to eat in one of the picnic areas of the Royal Palace park, or to use the bars, ice cream parlors and restaurants inside the garden and the villa.
Audiopen
Innovative audio guide which, unlike traditional earphones, is activated by pointing the “pen” at an electronic support next to the work you are seeing, thus activating the audio commentary. The Audiopens are also made for children, using a fun language they tell the secrets and curiosities of the Palace and the life of the court, offering witty multiple-choice quizzes and inviting young visitors to discover the attractions of the complex.
The Royal Venaria
Piazza della Repubblica 4
Venaria Reale (Turin)
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