Saluzzo

Saluzzo jest kolejnym z zabytkowych miast w prowincji Cuneo. Zamiszkane przez okolo 17000 miasto przyciaga turystow urokliwym, zabytkowym centrum z waskimi, kretymi uliczkami, kosciolami i zamkiem polozonym na samym wzgorzu.

 IN ITALIANO

Saluzzo è un comune di 16.537 abitanti della provincia di Cuneo.

I monumenti:

La cattedrale di Saluzzo è stata costruita tra il 1491 e il 1501.
Ha un portale a cuspide e un interno a tre navate.
Sull'altare c'è un gruppo di statue in terracotta del XVI secolo e un trittico del Maestro del 1511.

La chiesa di San Giovanni ha una bella facciata gotica e un campanile a bifore. La sua costruzione è iniziata nel 1330. All'interno della chiesa vi sono pilastri con volte a crociera. L'abside risale al 1504 ed è in pietra verde scura.

La torre civica risale al 1460.

IN ENGLISH

Saluzzo is a town and former principality in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont region.

The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc. are found in the surrounding mountains. You can see there:

• The Cathedral (1491-1501), in Lombard-Gothic style. The façade is decorated with rose-windows, frescoes (almost totally faded) and statues. The interior contains a magnificent Baroque high altar, plus a 16th century terracotta group portraying the Deposition, ad Adoration of the Shepherds by Sebastiano Ricci.
• The church of St. Bernard, formerly belonging to the Conventuals, has interesting tombs of the counts della Torre.
• The Dominican church of San Giovanni, begun in 1330 in Gothic style and completed in 1504 with Bramantesque influences. It has a noteworthy Gothic façade. The apse, from 1504, houses a Funerary Chapel of Ludovico II, work by Antoine Le Moiturier (1425-74) covered with green stone and characterized by an elegant play of arches and sculptures. The sepulchre of Ludovico II is a Renaissance work by Benedetto Briosco. Annexed are the Gothic cloister and the Capitular Hall with the Mausoleum of a vicar-general of the marquisate, Galeazzo Cavassa di Carmagnola, a Renaissance work by Matteo Sanmicheli.
• The Casa Cavassa, site of the civic museuam and rebuilt with a typical Renaissance interior.
• The churches of St. Augustine and St. Bernardino are also worthy of note.
• The present Town hall is the former Jesuit College, while the older one (1462), with a bold tower, is utilized by the Court of Assizes. The 16th century Villa Belvedere has elegant rooms with late-Renaissance decorations.