A journey to discover the lesser-known treasures of Masino Castle and Park (Caravino, Turin), including documents, books, paintings, and curiosities housed in the rooms and park. 🌿📚
Botanists, entomologists, restorers, librarians, architects, and art historians will accompany the public in a series of special meetings, each dedicated to a different aspect of Masino's heritage.
After a brief conversation with experts, the public will be guided on targeted tours, allowing them to closely observe details, works, and testimonies that tell the story of the Castle and the families who lived there. 🔎
✨ The Events
The entrance ticket includes free access to the Castle, the Park, and the Labyrinth, as well as participation in the meeting.
An opportunity to see Masino from a different perspective, guided by those who know its most hidden treasures. 🌿📖✨
Botanists, entomologists, restorers, librarians, architects, and art historians will accompany the public in a series of special meetings, each dedicated to a different aspect of Masino's heritage.
After a brief conversation with experts, the public will be guided on targeted tours, allowing them to closely observe details, works, and testimonies that tell the story of the Castle and the families who lived there. 🔎
✨ The Events
- 🌸 April 11 - Botany Painted in the Halls of Masino Castle
Flowers, fruits, and plants depicted in the Castle's decorations, observed through the eyes of a botanist, between art and science. - 🎨 May 9 - Around the Portrait
A journey through Masino's 18th-century portraits to learn how to read gestures, poses, and often overlooked details. - 🖼️ June 6 - Welcome Back to the Picture Gallery
Discovering the restoration and repatriation of the paintings from the Salone dei Savoia, including techniques, secrets, and curiosities. - 📚 July 4 - From the Original to the Copy
How can we make ancient volumes accessible while protecting their preservation? A meeting dedicated to museum reproductions and restoration techniques. - 🐞 September 5 - Insects Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
A journey through the history of entomology through the documents and books preserved in Masino, to reflect on the challenges of the present and future. - ⚔️ October 3 - Giorgio Valperga di Masino and the Knights of Malta
New investigations paint a portrait of a dynamic and eccentric figure, the protagonist of a career in the order of the Knights of Jerusalem. - ✉️ November 7 - ''Dear Brother'': The Correspondence of the Abbot of Caluso
The letters of Tommaso Valperga to his brother Carlo Francesco reveal a deep bond and a dense network of intellectual relationships and acquaintances in eighteenth-century Europe.
The entrance ticket includes free access to the Castle, the Park, and the Labyrinth, as well as participation in the meeting.
An opportunity to see Masino from a different perspective, guided by those who know its most hidden treasures. 🌿📖✨