For over a thousand years, Masino Castle has dominated the vast Canavese plain from a hilltop in the fascinating moraine barrier of the Serra di Ivrea. The family of the Counts Valperga, descendants o
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Il Castello e Parco di Masino è una dimora storica millenaria nel cuore del Canavese, residenza dell'illustre famiglia dei conti Valperga di Ivrea. Immerso in un parco monumentale articolato su più livelli, il castello conserva saloni affrescati, arredamenti sfarzosi e una preziosa biblioteca di oltre 25.000 volumi. Tra le attrazioni principali spiccano il Salone dei Savoia, affrescato con vedute di ventitré città sabaude, e il celebre labirinto settecentesco. Accessibile ai visitatori con disabilità intellettive, è gestito dal FAI dal 1988.
For over a thousand years, Masino Castle has dominated the vast Canavese plain from a hilltop in the fascinating moraine barrier of the Serra di Ivrea. The family of the Counts Valperga, descendants of Arduino of Ivrea, King of Italy in 1002, maintained possession of it for more than nine centuries, transforming it from a fortified stronghold into an aristocratic residence. The interiors preserve lavishly frescoed and furnished halls, chambers for ambassadors, private apartments and panoramic terraces. Of great significance is the Library with over 25,000 volumes, a testament to seventeenth and eighteenth-century culture. The Savoy Hall, restored in 2022, celebrates the Sabauda dynasty with frescoes depicting twenty-two cities of the Piedmont region and a collection of European portraits. The green spaces unfold on multiple levels: from the formal Italian and French garden to the romantic English park, featuring the celebrated eighteenth-century maze created with a thousand hornbeam plants. A panoramic café is available on the Oleanders Terrace.
