Located at number 13 Via Cavour, this 17th-century building—originally known as Palazzo Piossasco di Rivalta—stands at the corner of the historic quarters of the Archbishopric and Madonna degli Angeli.
At the end of the 18th century, it became the property of Marquis Maurizio Luserna Rorengo di Rorà, who acquired it as an alternative residence to the family palace in Bene Vagienna, in the province of Cuneo. Its current appearance is the result of a renovation carried out between 1779 and 1781 by Benedetto Alfieri, who reinterpreted Guarini’s baroque elements in harmony with the classicism of Juvarra—his predecessor as court architect—thus giving the palace the refined appearance it retains today.
It later became the residence of Marquis Emanuele Luserna di Rorà, mayor of Turin from 1862 to 1865, under whose mandate—when in 1864 the city lost its role as capital to Florence—Turin nevertheless experienced an important phase of urban and industrial growth. In 2017 the Buratti-Lera family, owners of the overlooking Grand Hotel Sitea, acquired the main floor and, after a painstaking two-year renovation, converted it into the current Royal Palace: an exclusive complex with six private suites, a wellness area and a personal butler, a graduate of The International Butler Academy (TIBA).