The Palazzina di Caccia Stupinigi is a splendid residence, originally used for hunting, of the Savoy family designed by the architect Filippo Juvarra. The building is located in the town of Stupinigi, on the south-western outskirts of Turin, is part of the circuit of Savoy residences in Piedmont and in 1997 was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Reopened to the public after major restoration works, the Palazzina di Caccia, one of the most extraordinary eighteenth-century complexes in Europe, exhibits its original furnishings, paintings, cabinet-making masterpieces and local design. Over the years the building has undergone expansion and completion interventions by Benedetto Alfieri and other architects such as Giovanni Tommaso Prunotto, Ignazio Birago di Borgaro, Ludovico Bo, Ignazio Bertola; the residence is mirrored and rediscovered in the international rococo of European royal residences. Over the years it has been used for hunting in the life of the Savoy court, a sumptuous and refined residence favored by the Savoy family for parties and weddings during the 13th century. XVIII and XIX, as well as the residence chosen by Napoleon in the early 1800s. At the beginning of the twentieth century it was chosen as a residence by Queen Margherita, and since 1919 it has also been the seat of the Furniture Museum.