Palace of Venaria View From The Garden

The Palace of Venaria (Italian: Reggia di Venaria Reale) is a former royal residence located in Venaria Reale, near Turin, in Piedmont, northern Italy. It is one of the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy, included in the UNESCO Heritage List in 1997.

The view from the garden

The Palace was designed and built from 1675 by Amedeo di Castellamonte, commissioned by duke Charles Emmanuel II, who needed a base for his hunting expeditions in the heathy hill country north of Turin. The name itself derives from Latin, Venatio Regia meaning "Royal Hunt".

Swan Lake At Pellerina Park

There are three lakes at Pellerina Park, it seems one is occupied mainly by the ducks and the geese, one is home for a pair of swans and the fenceless one is mainly for the coots and common Moorhens, the gulls and the pigeons are all over the places.

 The pair of elegant swans in and out of the water.