🏛️ Palazzina di Caccia of Stupinigi
18th-century hunting lodge of the Savoy dynasty, near Turin
📌 Fast Facts
- Designed by: Filippo Juvarra, commissioned 1729
- Location: Stupinigi, near Turin, Italy
- Plan: Star-shaped with central elongated oval
- UNESCO inscription: 1997
The Palazzina di Caccia of Stupinigi is a hunting lodge in Stupinigi near Turin, Italy, that served as a principal royal residence for the Savoy dynasty during the 18th and 19th centuries. Commissioned by Duke Victor Amadeus II in 1729 and designed by architect Filippo Juvarra, the building exemplifies late Baroque design through its distinctive star-shaped plan centred on an elongated oval pavilion topped with a bronze stag sculpture. The Palazzina di Caccia of Stupinigi was inscribed as a ...