SABAUDA GALLERY, History
- Audio File length: 2.32
- Author: STEFANO ZUFFI E DAVIDE TORTORELLA
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Language: English / USA
Hi, I'm Alyson, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.
Today I'll accompany you through the Sabauda Gallery, which is one of the most artistic places in Turin!
The museum you can visit today is the accumulation of the House of Savoy's collections, which was further enriched in the 1900s by donations and purchases.
Like the Library, Charles Albert also commissioned the Sabauda Gallery, as he was one of Turin's sovereigns that was most attentive to the arts and culture. He is to thank for the organization of the family's collections: a significant, but very disordered set of paintings, sculptures, and precious objects began to take shape between the end of the 1500s and the beginning of the 1600s, but it was spread out in various locations....