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Title Proper/Title Text
Castello del Valentino

Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca. (dated August 13, 1911 on the verso)

Dimensions Description
14X9 cm

Inscription Language
Italian (Language)

Related Built Environment Objects

• Valentino Castle

Descriptive Note Text

This postcrd displays a colorized view of Castello del Valentino, from the river Po. Valentino castle was built in different phases, beginning in the mid-1500s. After a complex series of ownership changes, it was gifted by Duke Carlo Emanuele I to his daughter-in-law, young Cristina di Francia - who, in 1621, commissioned radical structural changes to the riverside residence, in conformity with the French "pavillon-système" (a project by Carlo di Castellamonte, from 1621 to1641). This resulted in the reconstruction of the towers on the river side, the wings, and the roofs according to the "French style". 

Current Repository/Geographic Location
Cristina Della Coletta Private Collection (San Diego, USA)

Current Repository Numbers
CDC-PC-VACA-0001