Casa Pellico

Casa Pellico is a building of medieval origin located in the scenic Piazzetta dei Mondagli, one of the most evocative corners of Saluzzo's historic centre, where the writer and patriot Silvio Pellico was born in 1789 and spent his early childhood years.
It is currently a house-museum with Pellichiani memorabilia and manuscripts, most of which were donated by the writer's sister in 1858.
On the ground floor a room is dedicated to the writer's literary activity and an introductory video is shown. On the first floor a room is dedicated to a large sequence of reproductions of frontispieces of "Mie prigioni" (My Prisons), demonstrating the diffusion that Silvio Pellico's work had, published in hundreds of editions. The fully decorated neoclassical room in which a writer's study from the 1800s is reconstructed is remarkable.
The building is located just outside the 1280 circle of walls, near the ancient Mondagli gate, demolished in 1890. Restoration work carried out by the Municipality after it was purchased from its last owner, the professor-poet Silvio Einaudi, has made it possible to reread its history: four frescoed ogival arches form its load-bearing structure; a 16th-century superelevation added the small loggias on the top floor, now walled up; while the closed and terraced loggia on the level of the small square, overlooked by the elegantly decorated neoclassical salon, dates back to the early 19th century.