Cittadella di Torino

The Cittadella di Torino (Sitadela 'd Turin in Piedmontese) was a pentagonal Savoy fortress located along the old city walls of Turin, south-west of the historic centre.

Built between 1564 and 1570 to designs by Francesco Paciotto and under the direction of General Robilant, it was commissioned by Duke Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, who intended to modernise the city's defences after the transfer of the Duchy's capital from Chambéry to Turin. It is remembered above all as the scene of the War of the Spanish Succession, during the siege of 1706 by the Franco-Spanish army of King Louis XIV.

Of the old fortification only the Mastio survives, the two-storey entrance building, which houses the National Historical Museum of Artillery.

Machine-translated from “Cittadella di Torino” on the Italian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cittadella di Torino ranks #4,285 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #329 of the 528 mapped in Italy. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,080 times in the last 60 days, more than 77% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Turin, 1 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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