Turin’s baroque Venaria Reale reopening to public

IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-e257aae9af629ef503903d6b845d72a8.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”Turin’s baroque Venaria Reale reopening to public” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-e257aae9af629ef503903d6b845d72a8.jpg” (ANSA) – Turin, February 20 – The Royal Venaria palace, dubbed ‘Turin’s equivalent to Versailles’ near Paris, reopens to the public for its 2014 season on March 8. Visitors to the Baroque residence conceived by Duke Carlo Emanuele II of Savoy as a vast pleasure estate in the mid-17th century can enjoy a programme of exhibitions, concerts and other events lasting through summer and beyond. PThe programme opens with an exhibition dedicated to the House of Este through its collections and patronage, organised in conjunction with cultural authorities in Modena and Ferrara. Artists whose works are on display include Titian, Tintoretto, Guercino, Vel