| 1564 | Emanuele Filiberto bought a riverside residence in the «Vallantinum» region from Renato Birago |
| 1575-1578 | Embellishment works in the residence |
| 1620-1621 | Conversion of the riverside residence into maison de plaisance promoted by Christine of France. |
| 1645-1646 | Building of two pavilions towards Turin connected by exedra semicircular terraced porticoes, which defined the formal area of the Grand Cortile d’Onore, described as en forme de théâtre. Project by Amedeo di Castellamonte |
| 1659-1660 | Works on the façade towards Turin and creation of false windows to reduce the effect of the roof’s slope, which was thought to be excessive |
| French period | It was used as main seat of the Scuola di Veterinaria (Veterinary Medicine School) and declared “National House” |
| Restaurazione | Main Seat of the Corpo Reale di Artiglieria (Royal Artillery Army) |
| 1850 | Transfer of acreage allotments and cession of the Castle building by the Crown to the State ownership |
| 1857-1858 | Restoration and extension works on the occasion of the Sixth National Exposition of Industrial Products. Replacement of terraced porticoes linking the two pavilion roofs with two wings. Projects by Luigi Tonta and Domenico Ferri |
| 1859 | The Italian Law Casati was issued and symbolysed the creation of Regia Scuola di Applicazione per gli Ingegneri (Royal School of Application for Engineers) |
| 1862-1866 | Demolition of the semicycle; building of two new terraces towards the City and building of the railing |
| 1864-1880 | Building of the south wing, called ”Building of the hydraulic experiments” |
| 1897-1899 | Other buildings for the Regia Scuola di Applicazione per gli Ingegneri (Royal School of Application for Engineers) in Turin to south |
| 1906 | Establishment of the Politecnico di Torino by the union of Regia Scuola di Applicazione per gli Ingegneri (Royal School of Application for Engineers) and the Regio Museo Industriale (Royal Industrial Museum) |
[cronologia tratta essenzialmente da Castello del Valentino. Facoltà di Architettura Progetti a confronto, a cura di Sisto Giriodi, Lorenzo Mamino, Torino, Celid, 1988 e Il Castello del Valentino, a cura di Costanza Roggero, Annalisa Dameri, Torino, Allemandi, 2007]