Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Np,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 12.25, December 18, 1811. Official military document signed by the Duc de Feltre, requesting the Palace of Venaria near Turin be turned into a cavalry barracks, endorsed in the left margin by Napoleon on December 19, 1810. In fine condition, with some light diagonal creasing. The Palace of Venaria, originally designed and built outside of Turin in 1675, was indeed transformed into a barracks under Napoleonic domination—the structures were turned into barracks and the terraced gardens destroyed to create a training ground. The complex maintained this military role after the fall of Napoleon, and remained in use by the Italian Army until 1978.Format: DS