PIAZZA CASTELLO, Tour

Continuing on our rounds of Piazza Castello, go to the beautiful 19th century gate that divides the square from the Royal Palace, behind whose sober façade you can see the dome of the Chapel of the Shroud of Turin.

Immediately after you'll see Palazzo Chiablese, which when seen from the square seems pretty bare, but if you admire it from the Cathedral on the other side of the entrance hall, you'll find both the exterior and the first floor's halls much more glitzy. The ground floor often welcomes beautiful exhibitions of ancient and modern art.

The Royal Palace Complex that extends from the wings of the Library and Armory reaches the arcade that closes the wing of the gardens. Walking along you'll reach the façade of Regio Theater. The 18th-century building was almost completely destroyed by a fire in 1936: some of its surviving parts are connected to the State archive's palace that's also from the 18th century. The current theater was reopened in 1973 and is a beautiful example of functional architecture, with excellent acoustics....