Racconigi Castle |
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The remarkable Racconigi castle is an elegant brickwork house dating back to the seventeenth century. The central rejecting bay features an outstanding Neoclassical tetrastyle marble pronaos. The piano nobile has fan lights and differently pedimented windows. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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La Margaria nel Parco Reale (Margaria Casino in the Royal Wood) |
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It is Gothic revival red brickwork casino decorated with twin lancet windows under pointed arch, crowned by a quatrefoil, and a big finely traceried quatrefoil front on the main gate. On the wings are massive towers ornamented with corbelled cornici and merlons.
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St. Johns Baptist |
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It is an outstanding Piedmont late-Baroque masterpiece. Noteworthy is the main marble portal, featuring an ogee pediment standing on an inflex entablature, which is embodied in a moulded cornice topped by a broken tympanum. It was made by Francesco Gallo.
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