from Direzione Regionale Musei Piemonte
After a century of peace, the Napoleonic troops settled in the castle at the beginning of the nineteenth century, which became a shelter for mendicants. After the fall of the Napoleonic Empire, the residential complex returned to the royal estates, and King Carlo Felice chose the castle as his favorite summer residence until his death when his wife Duchess Maria Cristina remains the usufructuary of the castle, however, after a while, it was inherited by Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa and son of Carlo Alberto. His descendants remained in the castle until 1939. The following year, the Agliè residence became part of the state patrimony.