La Biblioteca di Carlo Alberto
La Biblioteca di Carlo Alberto
La Biblioteca di Carlo Alberto
La Biblioteca di Carlo Alberto
La Biblioteca di Carlo Alberto
La Biblioteca di Carlo Alberto
La Biblioteca di Carlo Alberto
La Biblioteca di Carlo Alberto
A man, a King, a little writing desk, more than 5000 volumes neatly arranged in wooden shelves from the 1800s and a window that overlooks the Racconigi Castle park. This is Charles Albert’s library: pages that turn from paper into a digital format to tell a story, the one about the private life of the King as a reader and a writer.
HOUSE OF SAVOY
A cross section about the fashion and customs of that time, seen through the discovery of the House female characters.
JOURNEYS AND PLACES
What did it mean to travel in the XIX century? A journey to discover far away places, but also the Piedmont region.
CHARLES ALBERT
Charles Albert in his most intimate dimension, a discrete man and a pleasant talker in the evenings at Racconigi.
COOKING AND PLANTS
A la découverte de l’art gastronomique piémontaise et des produits de son territoire. Le XIX siècle est une époque où des nouveautés alimentaires naissent, comme les fameux “agnolotti”.
CHILDHOOD
How did the little princes spend their days in Racconigi? There are many books devoted to tell tales, a genre that was very successful in the XIX century.
WATER AND SILK
It is a journey in the region through his thermal baths and his waters. Thanks to the water indeed, the silk production was an excellence in the economy of Piedmont.
SATIRE AND CUSTOMS
These are amusing books that describe scenes from the folk’s life with colorized caricatures, according to the typical taste of the time.There are also comics that reinvent ancient history.
PIEDMONTESE LANGUAGE
Some of the most interesting books can be found here: a New Testament translated in the Piedmontese language, and the first canto of Dante’s Inferno in Asti-Turin dialect.