Architectural chronology

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]