The myth of the knights from Turin to China – World

World – Some pieces have never left their Turin Headquarters and now they are preparing to make a journey to the east to tell the legendary story of the Cavalry and his protagonists.
The path starts between the VIII and the 9th century, when the economic and social circumstances in favor of the birth of the feudal system take place in Europe, to complete with the age of gold that coincides with the period from the 11th to the thirteenth century when the Knights category becomes a social class.
The exhibition on March 21 Steel of glory. The life of a knight of armor, knife and honor He lands for the first time in China with his load of armor, myths, legends.
The Nanshan Museum, in the southern city of Shenzhen, will organize 140 pieces, including a selection of masterpieces from the Royal Museums of Turin collections, in particular from the Royal Armory, one of the most important in the world, which offers the public the opportunity to offer the European production of weapons and parade and parade between the 16th and seventeenth centuries.

Steel of glory. The life of a knight of armor, knife and honor, allestimento

In the life of De Ridder, the experience in tournaments, the Wars games are born as a military exercise and they evolved into forms of courteous entertainment that ensure that participants are of great importance for social promotion.
“Exhibited – explains the curator Giorgia Corso, head of the collections of the Royal Armory – pieces of great value, such as a complete armor for horse and knight who, after two hundred years, turns out of the Royal Armory, a rare armor as a child and a model in the form of fantastic animals, all in the Renaissance.
Compiled by the Royal Museums of Turin and conceived and organized by Artera, the exhibition will remain in Shenzhen until 22 June and then move to three other Chinese museums. With its exhibition space of 7,000 square meters, intended for Chinese and international exhibitions, the Nanshan Museum is a flagship on the Delta of the Pearl River, on the border with Hong Kong, today the most important technological center of China.

Steel of glory. The life of a knight of armor, knife and honor, allestimento