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The Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi is a royal hunting lodge of the House of Savoy, 10 km south-west of Turin, begun in 1729 to designs by Filippo Juvarra. Its wings radiate from an oval central hall crowned by a bronze stag, and it houses a museum of furniture and decorative arts. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Savoy residences.

The Museo Egizio is a museum of ancient Egyptian archaeology, founded in 1824 when King Charles Felix bought the collection of the French consul Bernardino Drovetti. It occupies the 17th-century Collegio dei Nobili in central Turin and shows more than 40,000 objects in total, among them statues of pharaohs, papyri, coffins and mummies.

Palazzo Carignano is a Baroque palace designed by Guarino Guarini in 1679 for the Savoy-Carignano princes, known for its undulating red-brick façade. Its hall served as the Chamber of Deputies of the Subalpine Parliament from 1848, Italian unity was proclaimed here in 1861, and today it houses the National Museum of the Italian Risorgimento.

Palazzo Madama is a palace on Piazza Castello that grew from a Roman gate of Augusta Taurinorum into a castle of the Acaja princes. Filippo Juvarra added the white stone Baroque façade and grand staircase in the early 18th century. It houses the Museo Civico d'Arte Antica, with medieval and Renaissance art, ceramics, glass and decorative arts.

The National Museum of Cinema has occupied the Mole Antonelliana since 2000, the 167.5-metre tower by Alessandro Antonelli completed in 1889. Its floors run from the archaeology of cinema, the optical devices that came before film, to sets, posters and props around the central Aula del Tempio, and a panoramic lift crosses the museum to a terrace at 85 metres.

The Royal Palace of Turin on Piazzetta Reale was the main residence of the House of Savoy from the 17th century and has belonged to the state since 1946. Its state rooms and royal apartments form the core of the Musei Reali, whose single route also includes the Galleria Sabauda, the Museum of Antiquities and the Royal Gardens.

The Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians stands at the centre of the Salesian complex of Valdocco. It was built for Saint John Bosco to designs by Antonio Spezia and opened in 1868, became a minor basilica in 1911, was enlarged in 1934–1942, and holds the remains of Don Bosco in a side chapel.