page_title: North-Western Italian architecture
section_title: Piedmont
hierarchical_section_title: North-Western Italian architecture / Regions / Piedmont
caption_attribution_description: Torino Piazza Castello 2012
context_page_description: North-Western Italian architecture refers to architecture in the North-Western regions of Italy, and their capital cities.
context_section_description: Piedmont's architecture varies very much. The mountainous areas remain similar to those of the Aosta Valley, the central area is a similar to that of Lombardy, the western area and Turin are very French in style, whilst the Southern part is similar to the architecture of Liguria. However, Piedmont is known for its grand country houses and palaces, such as the Palazzina di caccia di Stupinigi, in Stupinigi and just outside Turin, or the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy which ended up being declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Turin's architecture is grandiose, and mixes elements of Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassicism together. As one of the most important industrial regions in Italy, Piedmont is also renowned for its world-class modern-design architecture, such as the Lingotto, for a period one of the biggest and most technologically advanced factories in Europe, or the region's 1930s mountain hotels.
caption: The Royal Palace of Turin
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