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A Jacobite Gazetteer - TurinMuseo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano |
This museum is located in Palazzo Carignano, at Via Accademia delle Scienze, 5, just south of Piazza Castello. It's collections record the unification of Italy in the nineteenth century. Room 1 (Inizio in Chiave Sabauda) recounts the history of the House of Savoy in the eighteenth century. On display is a high relief sculpture of the triumphant entry of King Victor (King Victor Emanuel I of Sardinia) into Turin in 1814. The sculpture, formerly in the staircase at the Castello di Moncalieri, is the work of Giacomo Spalla. 1 Victor is shown on horseback leading his troops into Turin; there is a work with a similar subject-matter, but with a different composition, in the Palazzo di Citta. Room 3 (La Dominazione Francese) contains a portrait of King Charles IV (King Charles Emanuel IV of Sardinia). Room 5 (La Restaurazione) contains portraits of King Victor and of his wife Queen Maria Theresa. There is also a portrait of Victor's younger brother, King Charles Felix of Sardinia. |
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The Gabinetto delle Stampe contains a number of engravings of members of the Royal Family. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday, from 9.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. Admission, € 5,00. Telephone: 39-011-56-21-147. Official website. Notes 1 Giacomo Spalla was born about 1775, and died in 1834. He sculpted a bust of King Victor, but is perhaps best known for his Napoleonic bas-reliefs. |
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This page is maintained by Noel S. McFerran (noel.mcferran@rogers.com) and was last updated July 17, 2005. |