Hi. My name’s Mario and I’m from the region Piemonte, Italy. I spend a lot of my working time dealing with cultural events in the Royal Residences in Piedmont, especially in Racconigi and Venaria Reale. I am happy to be joining this site and the forums because, due to my job, I think I’ve got quite a lot of photos and paintings dealing with the Italian royal family, the Savoy Carignano family (Prinz Eugen “der edle Ritter”, Marie Therese, princess of Lamballe, the delightful Josephine de Lorraine Carignano, King Umberto II and Maria Josè, …), the Royal Residences in Piedmont and the great events of the past. In 2009, the 100th anniversary of the state visit of Nicholas II in Racconigi will be celebrated with o lot of cultural events and I hope to be able to keep you in touch with the preparatory works (by the way: we have of a lot of “curious” photographs of that visit!). Thank you for accepting me and don’t be too “angry” for my English. Ciao.