Turin lost ducal delights
Regio Parco. Commissioned by Emanuele Filiberto as a place for hunting and leisure activities, Regio Park was located on a tract of land between the Po, the Dora and the Stura rivers and designed by Croce, a Milanese architect. The palace was embellished with frescoes by the famous painter, Guglielmo Caccia, known as Moncalvo. It was entirely delimited by large staircases, porticoes, columns and overtopped by a lovely dome. In the park, where tigers, wild boar, fallow deer and deer were raised according to the testimony of the historian, Cibrario, pastoral fables were performed. The castle was destroyed by the French in 1706.In 1829 the park became the site of the Cimitero Monumentale (Monumental Cemetery) of Turin and where the palace had stood, the Regia Fabbrica dei Tabacchi (Royal Tobacco Factory) started to be built in 1768. The only 'delight' that remained was the name Regio Parco, still in use in that area. Mirafiori Castle. This castle was built to please the Spanish wife of Carlo Emanuele, the infant Caterina, daughter of Philip II. Carlo di Castellamonte was commissioned to design Miraflores, the delight amidst flowers, opening out onto a vast stretch of land, among canals and rows of elms, surrounded by an assortment of rare plants. The memory of this delight remains only in Borgonio’s engraving in Theatrum Sabaudiae. Today the Fiat factory at Mirafiori stands in its place. Millefonti. This last delight was also the work of Carlo di Castellamonte for Carlo Emanuele I. It was not far from Mirafiori, and it was characterized by a park with many fountains, clearings with statues, and abounding with game. Web: http://www.comune.torino.it |
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