The Ducal Castle of Agliè

The ducal castle of Agliè is an elegant and imposing building located in the municipality of Agliè, not far from Turin.The castle, located in the homonymous town, is part of the Savoy Residences of Piedmont. It is a building with a quite particular architectural style as it is the sum of different styles that have succeeded each other over the centuries. The history of the Castle of Aglié begins in the Middle Ages, when the first nucleus of the construction dates back to. During the 17th century the Castle was owned by Filippo San Martino, councillor of Christine of France, who commissioned the architect Amedeo di Castellamonte to make several changes and additions to the estate. Among these are the remaking of the facade on the garden, the construction of two galleries and the palace courtyard. The Savoys bought the castle in the second half of the 18th century, making it a royal estate. They commissioned other additions and modifications to the castle, which in these years saw the construction of the apartments and the church, connected to the palace through a two-storey gallery. During the 19th century, after the years of Napoleonic domination in which the castle became a shelter, the estate returned to the hands of the Savoys. Under the reign of Carlo Felice, the Castle of Aglié underwent a major renovation of the interior furnishings. Again in the 19th century, the small lake, the large lake and the islands were built, which considerably changed the external appearance of the palace. The Castle of Aglié, sold to the Italian State in 1939 by Duke Tommaso di Savoia-Genova.