After 13 years and ten thousand hours of restoration work, the King's Apartment in the Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi reopens

TheKing’s Apartment in the Palazzina di Caccia in Stupinigi reopens to the public today after thirteen years.

The ten thousand hours of restoration, fully financed by the CRT Foundation and carried out in collaboration with the Council for the Enhancement of the Artistic and Cultural Heritage of Turin, made it possible to restore to their former beauty the wall paintings of the vaults and walls, the woodwork, the upholstery, the door and window frames, and even the Venetian sown floor. In addition, anti-UV films were inserted in all openings to preserve the restored state.

“With the restoration of the King’s Apartment, a new, essential piece is added to the long path of recovery and enhancement of the Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi. We are restored to us in its entirety the sumptuous central body, conceived by Juvarra to be a ’magnificent place,’ a setting with a theatrical scope suitable for hosting both the festivities and balls of the court and the secret life of the sovereigns, in an airy sequence of rooms and toilets that are gradually more hidden. The splendor of the restored rooms testifies today not only to Juvarra’s inventions, but also to the commitment that the CRT Foundation has made for many years in its efforts to safeguard the Palazzina. A proactive and continuous commitment that proved to be fundamental for its rebirth and today is confirmed to be decisive in bringing it back to being central in the circuit of Savoy residences,” said Luisa Papotti, Superintendent of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Metropolitan City of Turin.

Source: Ansa - La Stampa - Turin Today

Image: Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi

After 13 years and ten thousand hours of restoration work, the King's Apartment in the Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi reopens

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