POLO REALE, Royal Palace Apartments

After the state rooms, your visit of the Royal Palace s noble first floor continues on with the private apartments the Savoys lived in. Most of the rooms were renovated in the first half of the 1800s at the request of King Charles Albert, while most of the original furnishings and furniture were left untouched. In these rooms you'll see magnificent 18th-century inlaid furniture and a small and refined private chapel that was just recently restored and reopened.

The series of rooms in the King's apartment is interrupted by a Baroque hall that is one of the best preserved rooms in the entire building: this is the so-called Gallery of Daniel, named after the Viennese painter Daniel Seyter who decorated it towards the end of the 17th century. On the ceiling you can admire the triumph of a hero in a red cape, accompanied by figures representing his virtues: it is the Duke Victor Amadeus II.

After the gallery, go into the Queen's apartment. These rooms also offer a chance to see magnificent furniture, especially the furnishings in the Queen's chamber where she was dressed and adorned. I'd also like to point out the beautiful dining room with its walls covered in tapestries, and right after the Coffee Room, a true Baroque jewel....