City of Turin

CONTE VERDE RESIDENCE

The Conte verde Residence is situated in the most ancient part of the historical centre of Rivoli. Its signifiance as a symbol and a memorial distinguishes the house as a rare testimony to an important moment in the town's history. The fifteenth century facade rises across three levels underlined by two horizontal cornices. On the ground floor there is a portico of four fully curved arches supported by pillars crowned with terracotta capitals.
The image is evocative and denotes a taste in transition where the styles of international Gotic, widespread in the artistic output of Piedmont between the fouteenth and fifteenth centuries, alreadyappears modified by the incipient horizontal of the Reinaissance. Re-sanitized and equipped with the appropriate fittings, the ancient residence now hosts ethnographic exhibitions and cultural events.

Via Fratelli Piol, 8 - Rivoli (TO)
tel - fax 011 / 9563020
mail: cultura@comune.rivoli.to.it
site web: www.casadelconteverde.it/

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