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The Villa Doria “il Torrione” park is part of the “Grandi Giardini Italiani”. To this group belong also the botanical garden of Villa Taranto, the Miramare Castle’s garden, the Boboli garden, the Ninfa garden and the Quirinale garden.
Here the main events and novelties that the Marquise reserve to their appreciated guests.

The country-house
The manor-house of marquis Doria Lamba in Pinerolo, is an architectural medieval building transformed in neo-classic style at the beginning of XIX century. The romantic wide park was projected by the same architect of the Royal Savoy Family, for the Royal Park in Pollenzo and Racconigi: Xavier Kurten. First owned by Trucchietti Family, then by Counts Canera di Salasco, the fort (the tower dungeon ruins still lyingin the vault), was transformed in the XVII century in an aristocratic country mansion, with wide gardens and rural houses. At the beginning of XIX century the Villa was enlarged by the architects Ignazio Michela and Alessandro Antonelli. In 1856 the marquis Brancaleone Doria Lamba bought the Torrione and now the owner is Oberto Doria Lamba, first-born in dogal ancient genoese family, among them important members like Lamba Doria’s Admiral, in 1298 the winner of Curzola Fight, between Genoeses and Venetians during which Marco Polo the famous traveller was imprisoned.
In the three-floors Villa, you can see the baroque main entrance leading to the alley, and to the large lawn surrounded by secular trees arriving to the lake. At the first floor, the ball-room enriched of a mosaic and polychromatic neo-classic marble flooring.

Ospitality
Close to the Villa different complementary buildings are situated, particularly the ancient ‘Bigataia’ (the place where the silk worms were bred), rebuilt in elegant, modern and fine furnished all comfort suites, offering thanks to the beauty of the natural environment, the possibility to enjoy a bed & breakfast formula or a longer vacation. Room-service is impeccable, by housekeeping staff.
To be guest at the Torrione today, is going back in the past, when the Villa played the rule of an holiday house for friends, where they spent a pleasant ‘vie de chateaux’, in the piedmontese country-side. At present times is not easy to have elsewhere so rich and genuine breakfast, together with tennis court, swimming pool, coach and pair, bicycle ride, walks in the park in an absolute relax and silence.

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