the Conventuals, has interesting tombs of the counts della Torre. San Giovanni: Dominican church begun in 1330 in Gothic style and completed in 1504 with Bramantesque influences. The façade is Gothic. 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. Casa Cavassa: site of the civic museum and rebuilt with a Renaissance interior. San Agostino and San Bernardino 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. Notable people Alice of Saluzzo General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa Marquess Michele Antonio di Saluzzo Silvio Pellico, writer Giambattista Bodoni, typographer Corrado Segre, mathematician Federico Lombardi, Jesuit priest, director of Radio Vatican Pier Paolo Maggiora, architect , soccer dirigent Paolo De Chiesa, skier Magda Olivero, singer , partisan Giovanni Canaveri, related to the May Revolution Matteo Olivero, Italian painter related to divisionism Alberto Basso, music historian and lexicographer See also Beato Giovanni Giovenale Ancina Castle of Verzuolo Diocese of Saluzzo Griselda (folklore) List of Margraves of Saluzzo Marquisate of Saluzzo Saluzzo Race Walking School Saluzzo Roosters Sources L'Italia da scoprire, Guide di Bell'Italia, ed. Giorgio Mondadori, 2006 External links Saluzzo turistica, official Saluzzo tourist webpage. Cities and towns in Piedmont