The palace, one of the best examples of Piedmontese architecture of the eighteenth century, is known for having housed the Piedmontese statesman Camillo Benso count of Cavour.
In these rooms the newspaper “Il Risorgimento” was founded and the fate of the new Italian homeland was discussed with the most illustrious figures of the time. Inside Palazzo Cavour there are two courtyards, the honor courtyard and the rustic courtyard, originally overlooked by the stables, aligned and connected by a chamfered portal.
A scenic sequence of spaces also includes an atrium divided into two rooms with lunette sail vaults. Built in 1729 to a design by Gian Giacomo Plantery, Palazzo Cavour was expanded in 1754 with the construction, under the direction of the architect Giuseppe Bovis, of a new wing on the street of the same name.
Palazzo Cavour is today a prestigious exhibition and museum venue desired and managed by the Piedmont Region to provide space for cultural events of great national and international importance.
