Saluzzo Attractions

The old town of Saluzzo (342m/1,129ft; pop. 17,000), 35km/22mi north of Cuneo, on an outlier of Monte Viso, was from the 12th to the 16th centuries the chief place in the county of Saluzzo. In the lower town is the cathedral of San Chiaffredo (1491-1501), with a large crucifix (1500) in the choir. In the upper town (395m/1,304ft) are the Palazzo del Comune (1462); the Casa Cavassa, a Renaissance mansion which now houses the Municipal Museum, and the church of San Giovanni, in French Gothic style, containing many works of sculpture of the Lombard school and the tomb of Lodovico II (d. 1504). From the old Castello Via Griselda leads to the Belvedere, a terrace from which there are splendid views of the Alps.