Conservation and expansion
The Real Collegio was created on the site of a Franciscan convent appropriately renovated to meet the needs of its new mission and acquired its current form - a huge "E" - only at the end of the 1930s. With the construction of the western arm on the site of what was once a private residence, the architect Pietro Betta designed the expansion already included in the original plans drawn up by the architect Pio Taccone.

The building is to be further modified on the basis of a functional renovation destined to adapt it to the state-of-the-art requirements of post-graduate instruction and research while maintaining its role as a witness to and custodian of the history and role of the College in the City of Moncalieri.

Decoration and furnishings
The building reflects, in the austerity of its decoration and furnishings, the rules of daily living which the students of the College were required to observe. The Sala Rossa (Red Room) and the Sala Gialla (Yellow Room) have maintained their original splendor although the evolution in the way they have been used over the years has meant that the decoration visible today dates to the period in which the third wing was constructed.

The furnishings of the Sala Rossa do however date back to the Carlo Alberto period. While no two pieces of furniture are alike, all can be attributed to the same taste, that of an English cabinetmaker who received many commissions for furniture from Carlo Alberto to be built according to designs of Pelagio Palagi.