Bianchi e Bianchi-Cavallo Palaces

The first building of the vast building complex is on Via Nino Bixio and was built in 1895 by Carlo Piaggio. The lunette of the entrance is decorated with the initials of the commissioner Edoardo Bianchi who became rich in Latin America and ordered the construction of the adjacent building where forms are more delicate and bearing graffito decorations on the upper floors – today ruined by pollution. The third building overlooks Piazza Saint Bon and was called Bianchi-Cavallo because it was built after the marriage between the two families. It is considered the masterpiece by Bacigalupi. Two female figures make the entrance majestic – an extraordinary symbol of the artisans’ expertise. Inside, the original grit floors by Adolfo Boletto and a bronze statue of Mercury are kept.