Palaces of the Italian royal family

[littlejim13]

So i know that the Bourbons had Versailles and the tuilleries,
The Hohenzollerns had the Berlin and Postdam schloss,
Windsors have Buckingham and Windsor castle
and the Romanovs had the winter palace.


What did the Savoys have? I cant really find anything. Thanks

[clandestino]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Palace_of_Turin

[littlejim13]

hmmm... no palaces in rome or naples or milan after the become re di italia? ( i think thats king of italy in italian)?

[CiviC]

Quirinal Palace, the current official residence of The President of Italian Republict was also the official residence of Kings of Italy between 1871-1946

[Niles Crane]

Something very restrained about these Italian palaces compared to the sheer elegance of Versailles or Buckingham Palace.

[SonOfOdin]

Yeah something just isn't right
Where is the stunning majestic look of a ruling power?

[clandestino]

Well in the late 19th century it was out of fashion to build such huge and expensive palaces as Versailles or Buckingham, and before that the kings of Sardinia and dukes of Savoy were too small fishes to engage in such big enterprises, honestly I think that even after the unification Italy still was to poor to finance building of something like Versailles. At the end it all comes to the matter of money. Man shouldn't forget that Versailles and Buckingham were built at the peak of the strength and influence of both France and England, compared to them Savoy was pretty much insignificant.

[Niles Crane]

Well in the late 19th century it was out of fashion to build such huge and expensive palaces as Versailles or Buckingham, and before that the kings of Sardinia and dukes of Savoy were too small fishes to engage in such big enterprises, honestly I think that even after the unification Italy still was to poor to finance building of something like Versailles. At the end it all comes to the matter of money. Man shouldn't forget that Versailles and Buckingham were built at the peak of the strength and influence of both France and England, compared to them Savoy was pretty much insignificant.

I don't know about that. The Royal Pavilion in Brighton was built in the 19th century and Osborne House is similarly grandiose. And Buckingham Palace had been built before the monarchy acquired it. All they did was change the facade and this took place well before Britain was at the height of her power. I can't quite say the same for France or Germany though. I think it is more a matter that in the case of Britain, parliament was simply unwilling to lend the monarch the tens of thousands of pounds required to build lavish palaces.

[SonOfOdin]

Well in the late 19th century it was out of fashion to build such huge and expensive palaces as Versailles or Buckingham, and before that the kings of Sardinia and dukes of Savoy were too small fishes to engage in such big enterprises, honestly I think that even after the unification Italy still was to poor to finance building of something like Versailles. At the end it all comes to the matter of money. Man shouldn't forget that Versailles and Buckingham were built at the peak of the strength and influence of both France and England, compared to them Savoy was pretty much insignificant.

Yet Vittorio Manuele has one of the most imperial looking monuments ever dedicated to him

[Lysimachus]

Isn't that the same palace that features in RTW?

[clandestino]

Then the Savoy dynasty had the typical Italian feature of not showing off
Anyway I still think that money was the main issue, Savoy was too small and poor to invest much in such luxurious buildings, even France had hard time building Versailles although Louis XIV was the most powerful ruler of his time and France was the biggest European power. Compared to France and England Savoy/Sardinia was third rate power and consequently it's palaces were less luxurious and monumental. As for the latter period, after the unification, I believe that Italy was in quit poor economical status and after all, there were enough older palaces in Rome and Turin for kings to live in without building the new ones.

[CiviC]

Yeah something just isn't right
Where is the stunning majestic look of a ruling power?

They had it in Turin, but by 1871 to spend lots of money on extravagant palaces was not something citizens would accept easily.

Palazzo Reale di Turin

[SonOfOdin]

Looks awsome on the inside yet not really so fascinating from the outside

[antares24]

the Italian Versailles exist, but was not build by the Savoia, but by the Bourbons of the Kingdom of Naples, it's the Reggia di Caserta:









http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Caserta

[dogukan]

I freaking love palaces and hate(aristocracy, no no) them at the same time.

[Last Roman]

Something very restrained about these Italian palaces compared to the sheer elegance of Versailles or Buckingham Palace.

Italy was rather poor compared to France or England. The money simply wasn't there to build the Italian Versailles.

[CiviC]

the Italian Versailles exist, but was not build by the Savoia, but by the Bourbons of the Kingdom of Naples, it's the Reggia di Caserta:

For the Savoia the priority was not luxury, but rather fighting the French and the Habsburgs, something they did often successfully. In the end Savoia were those who unified Italy and Bourbons those kicked from their luxury palaces around Naples.

[clandestino]

I freaking love palaces and hate(aristocracy, no no) them at the same time.

Well where the kings live in such palaces common folk usually lives in mud huts, it probably explains while south Italy is still much poorer then northern.

[CiviC]

The Palace of Venaria Reale near Turin seems to be the closest to a Piedmontese Versailles

[Bovril]

I wonder if one day tourists will wonder admiringly through the palaces of Kim Jong Il...