Having said goodbye to our friends on our group, we walked the centre of the city of Turin until it was time to go to the Royal Palace. We got there at 5.55pm and were met at the door by a tall man dressed in a black suit (you know how fussy Italians are on their cloths) who introduced himself as the city council secretary. He led us through beautifully decorated rooms and corridors which, after all, we had already seen on our tour of the palace earlier on. This is one of the corridors. Will continue tomorrow.
The Neoclassical style of the palace was introduced at the time of Charles Emmanuel III. Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia (the future king of Italy who was also from the house of Savoy) brought some fresh life to the palace with the redecoration of some rooms. In 1946, following the abdication of the king and the declaration of Italy as a republic, the palace was claimed by the new government and turned into a "Museum of the life and works of the House of Savoy".
Thank you all so very much for looking and for your lovely comments on yesterday's picture.
Good that the government had the foresight to preserve the palace - it would have been so easy to let it go. Such a beautiful place - thank you for sharing!
