Immersed in the green of Saluzzo´s plains, is the architectural complex that is Lagnasco´s Tapparelli D´Azeglio Castle (Castello Tapparelli D´Azeglio). Built around a defensive fort, it was then reworked as requested by the Marquis of Saluzzo, Manfredo IV, and then again according to the wishes of Benedettio I Tapparelli in the 1600´s. It was, in fact, the latter who called in the best artists of the day. Among this distinguished group, there are: Cesare Arbasia and Giacomo Rossignolo, who found inspiration in the splendor of classical myths to decorate the "Hall of Justice", and Pietro Dolce and the workers from this studio, who were inspired by the grotesques from Norse tradition. The work and the style of these artists built a bridge between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
