[1] The original structure was designed in early 1615 by the Italian soldier, architect and military engineer, Ascanio Vitozzi.

When he died in 1615, the project passed to his collaborators, father and son Carlo and Amedeo di Castellamonte.

At the death of Louise Christine, it passed to Anne Marie d'Orléans, niece of Louis XIV of France[2] and wife of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy in 1684.

Inside there are frescoes and paintings by Giovanni Battista Crosato, Daniel Seyter and Corrado Giaquinto in the main room, grotesques of Filippo Minei and paintings by the brothers Domenico and Giuseppe Valeriani in the near rooms; there are also precious Chinese Cabinets in lacquer and golden wood.

[4] It remained the property of the House of Savoy until 1868 when it was donated by Victor Emmanuel II of Italy to the Institute of the Army's Daughters and in 1994 it was given to the State domain.