Rivoli: Contemporary Art and Historic Buildings

Rivoli: Contemporary Art and Historic Buildings

Castello di Rivoli houses the Museo di Arte Contemporanea. If you are interested in modern art, this palace is therefore one of the important cultural destinations around Rivoli. A public transport connection by metro, bus 36 to Piazza Martiri della Libertà and then the Line 36 shuttle to Piazza Mafalda di Savoia takes you to Castello di Rivoli. This sequence provides you with practical guidance for arriving by public transport.

Casa del Conte Verde and Other Cultural Venues

Casa del Conte Verde can host exhibitions, conferences and vernissages. It has exhibition rooms, a conference room and a bookshop. Alongside contemporary art, it is therefore a venue where different cultural formats can find a place. The Casa Museo Antonio Carena showcases Antonio Carena’s artistic development, from academic drawings through his Informel period to Pop Art.

Clocks, Towers and Historic Traces

Individual buildings also tell stories of different eras. The Campanile di Santa Maria della Stella has its original mechanical clockwork mechanism from the 18th century. The Cappella di S. Grato was built in the mid-17th century on the site of an older wayside shrine dedicated to the saint. Palazzo Civico in Rivoli dates back to the 13th century.

The Torre della Filanda is an old medieval tower. Its name recalls its industrial past in the 19th century, when it belonged to a spinning mill complex. The Circolo della Musica is a cultural venue run by the Circolo dei Lettori Foundation and is located in a former municipal slaughterhouse. This 19th-century Art Nouveau building was designed by the architect Eugenio Mollino. For your trip planning, this creates a broad range encompassing art, sacred architecture, urban history and the industrial past.

Palaces and Gardens in the Surrounding Area

The surrounding area of Rivoli includes the Casa del Conte Verde palace, Castello di Rivoli palace, Palazzo Piozzo palace, the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Rivoli museum, the Giardini La Marmora gardens and Villa Colla park. You can consider these destinations as different cultural and green highlights when planning your itinerary, without reducing the themes of art, architecture and recreation to a single place.

The Landscape Around Rivoli

Mount Monte Musinè lies in the wider regional area around Rivoli. The Goja Del Pis waterfall is located near Rivoli. If you would like to include landscapes in addition to museums and historic buildings, these two destinations broaden the geographical perspective of your trip. When choosing a hotel in Rivoli, you can therefore first decide whether contemporary art, historic architecture or the surrounding landscape should be the focus of your stay.

Further Places for Orientation

Further places for orientation: Buriasco, Palazzo Canavese, Caselette, Airali, Gravere, Maddalena, Moncenisio and San Benigno Canavese.

For the broader travel overview: Turin.