Palazzo Barolo Torino

The Palace occupies the Santa Brigida block between Via delle Orfane and Piazza Savoia, on the axis of the Eighteenth-century extension designed by Juvarra and very close to the axis of Via Garibaldi. On the limit of the Roman castrum, characterised during the Middle Ages, by single-floor buildings with courtyards, gardens or vegetable plots. It maintained its square insula shape until 1706, expanding on the land left free by the demolition of the ancient fortifications.