Between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, Saluzzo was the capital of the Marquisate, a tiny independent territory. Castiglia, the residence of the Marquis of Saluzzo, dominates the beautiful medieval old town. This building has later been transformed into a prison from 1825 to 1992. The Castiglia building, after recent renovations, offers two innovative museums: the Museum of the Chivalrous Civilization and the Museum of the Prison Memory. The visit of the beautiful city of Saluzzo, capital of the "marquisate", begins in Piazza Castello, in the heart of the historic center.
The visit-walk in the characteristic stone streets continues towards the Palazzo delle Arti, the ancient town hall, the Civic Tower, the Church of San Giovanni and the sepulchral chapel of the marquises, the ...

Between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, Saluzzo was the capital of the Marquisate, a tiny independent territory. Castiglia, the residence of the Marquis of Saluzzo, dominates the beautiful medieval old town. This building has later been transformed into a prison from 1825 to 1992. The Castiglia building, after recent renovations, offers two innovative museums: the Museum of the Chivalrous Civilization and the Museum of the Prison Memory. The visit of the beautiful city of Saluzzo, capital of the "marquisate", begins in Piazza Castello, in the heart of the historic center.
The visit-walk in the characteristic stone streets continues towards the Palazzo delle Arti, the ancient town hall, the Civic Tower, the Church of San Giovanni and the sepulchral chapel of the marquises, the cloister. The itinerary continues towards the Casa Cavassa, now home to the Civic Museum, via San Giovanni with the beautiful Palazzo Saluzzo in Monterosso, Palazzo dei Marchesi del Carretto, the Church of San Bernardo, the birthplace of the writer Silvio Pellico and the Portici Scuri.

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