Rakkonidzhi Castle - residence of the monarchs in the town of Piedmont, near Cuneo Rakkonidzhi . Among the other House of Savoy residences is protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site .
In the Middle Ages, the castle belonged to the Margrave Saluzzo . In 1630, came into the possession of the youngest, karinyanskoy branch of House of Savoy .The current building was built the castle in the second half of XVII century by the Guarini Guarini . At the end of XVIII century, was brought in line with the new-fangled principles of classicism. Wings have been completed already by Carlo Alberto . In 1904 the Castle was born on the last Italian king , Umberto II.
of great interest to lovers of landscape art is in regular park Rakkonidzhi , whose creation is attributed to Le Nôtre himself . Among others, park pavilions and a cottage in the Russian style, was built to house of Nicholas II, signed in Rakkonidzhi Russian -Italian Agreement of 1909.
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