Casa Cavassa (Saluzzo)

Buildings of historical importance

Category: Buildings of historical importance

An ancient home belonging to Galeazzo Cavassa and to his son, Francesco, both general deputies of the Marquis di Saluzzo, it became a museum at the end of the 19th century when the Marquis Emanuele Tapparelli D’Azeglio acquired it, carefully restored it, then later donated it to the city along with all of its furnishings and art work intact. Today, it is a city museum consisting of 15 rooms with painted lacunar ceilings in wood and decorated walls. The furniture and furnishings are from the Renaissance period and from the 19th century and are still arranged as Tapparelli wanted. The main entrance, in white marble, carries the engraved motto of the Cavassa: “Droit quoi quit soit” (Justice Whatever It May Be) and a chub fish from the river – the family’s symbol - above it. The interior gallery is enriched with three double-arched windows in the late Gothic style and a balcony in wood with grisaille frescos depicting the “Fatiche di Ercole” (“The Labors of Hercules”) by Hans Clemer done between 1506 and 1511.

Information

Via San Giovanni, 5 - 12037 Saluzzo (Cn)
Tel./Fax: +39.0175.41455
E-mail: cavassa@comune.saluzzo.cn.it
www.casacavassa.it