Palazzo Chiablese, Royal palace wing in Turin, Italy
Palazzo Chiablese is a wing of the Royal Palace of Turin featuring Baroque architecture with richly decorated rooms. The building connects to the main palace and forms part of the larger palace complex facing Piazza San Giovanni.
Palazzo Chiablese was built at the end of the 16th century, probably over medieval foundations, when Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy had the square before the ducal residences reorganised under the architect Ascanio Vittozzi. In 1753 Charles Emmanuel III gave it to his son Benedetto, Duke of Chablais, who had Benedetto Alfieri remodel and extend the apartments into their present form. Charles Felix of Sardinia preferred it to the adjoining Royal Palace and died there in 1831.
The name comes from Benedetto of Savoy's courtesy title, Duke of Chablais, who received the palace from Charles Emmanuel III in 1753. Margherita of Savoy, the future first queen of Italy, was born here in 1851. Since 1997 the building has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site within the serial site "Residenze Sabaude".
Entry to the palace is available through group tours that must be arranged in advance. These guided visits provide access to the royal rooms with expert commentary on the spaces.
The palace housed the National Cinema Museum from 1958 to 1985, before the collection moved to the Mole Antonelliana. Its rooms later served as dormitories, kitchens and facilities for the pupils of the National Institute for Italian Soldiers' Daughters.
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