[1] It is located in Parco del Valentino, and is the seat of the Architecture Faculty of the Polytechnic University of Turin.

It is one of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1997.

The name Valentino, first mentioned in 1275, seems to derive from a saint called Valentine whose relics were venerated in a church which stood nearby.

Minor modifications were made in the early nineteenth century; at this time, too, much of the seventeenth-century furniture was carried off by French troops.

The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Torino, a historic botanical garden in the castle grounds.