Castello di Rivoli

Museo d'Arte Contemporanea

The hilltop castle was built around 900 AD but from the 17th century had so many incomplete extensions, abandoned or wrecked by the French, that owners and architects risked being driven mad. One who did go mad was King Victor Amadeus II (1666-1732), who horrified noble society by publicly marrying his mistress here; he was deposed and incarcerated within the castle to stop him declaring war on Milan or Poland or heaven knows where. The building later became a barracks but fell derelict until restored in the 1980s. It's now a museum of contemporary art.

• museum
• history

Address

Piazzale Mafalda di Savoia, Rivoli

Hours

Wed-Fri 10:00-17:00, Sat Sun 11:00-18:00

Price

Adult €10, conc €6.50

Website

castellodirivoli.org (opens in a new tab)