Van Eyck's saint
A small panel among Italy's most precious.
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The private collection of Italy's kings: the Galleria Sabauda is the picture gallery within Turin's Royal Museums, founded on the Savoy holdings assembled from the sixteenth century — and opened to the public in 1832, before Italy itself was united. Its strength is Flemish and Dutch painting, which sets it apart from Italy's other galleries: Van Eyck's Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, Van Dyck's Children of Charles I, works by Memling and Rembrandt — alongside Italian masters: Mantegna, Veronese, Tintoretto and Pollaiolo. The gallery occupies a new wing within the Royal Museums complex, and its ticket covers the Royal Palace, the Armoury, the Royal Library (where Leonardo da Vinci's Self-Portrait is shown on rare occasions) and the gardens — so a single ticket fills half a day in the heart of Turin.
A small panel among Italy's most precious.
Among Europe's most important arms collections.
Piazzetta Reale 1, Turin
Chapel of the Holy ShroudOn the night of 11 April 1997, Turin's most famous dome caught fire. A firefight1 minute walk4.8
Turin CathedralTurin's cathedral is the Shroud's house and the city's one Renaissance oasis ami1 minute walk4.5
Royal Palace (Musei Reali)The Royal Palace is the house of Savoy, unifiers and kings of Italy: from here t2 minutes walk4.9
Palazzo MadamaPalazzo Madama is Turin's history in one building: its east face a genuine Roman4 minutes walk4.5
Piazza CastelloCastello is Turin's geometric and royal centre: from it the city was planned, it5 minutes walk4.9In the Royal Library within the complex, but it is so fragile it is shown only on a few announced occasions every few years; a high-resolution facsimile is always on display.