Category:Galleria Sabauda, Turin, Italy
Galleria Sabauda / Sabauda Gallery is a museum at Turin, Italy.
Overview
The Museum contains the royal art collections amassed by the House of Savoy over the centuries.
On October 2, 1832 (his birthday), King Charles Albert of Savoy inaugurated the royal gallery at the Palazzo Madama, containing 365 paintings. In 1865, Massimo d'Azeglio united the art collection of Eugene of Savoy, acquired after his death by his cousin, the king of Sardinia, with the works from the Royal Palace of Turin, the picture gallery of the Savoy-Carignano, and the artworks from the Palazzo Durazzo of Genoa, acquired in 1824. The collections were transferred to Guarino Guarini's Palazzo dell'Accademia delle Scienze (1679) where they stood until 2012. before it was moved to the current location.
On December 4, 2014, at the presence of the Italian Minister of Culture, the "Manica Nuova" of Palazzo Reale (New Wing of the Royal Palace) was official opened, as the current location of the museum.
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Pages in category "Galleria Sabauda, Turin, Italy"
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