Ottolenghi Palace
350, Corso Alfieri

This building took on its present appearance after 1754 by order of Count Carlo Antonio Gabuti di Bestagno, who purchased from the Ramelli di Celle family two ancient adjoining buildings, and probably commissioned Benedetto Alfieri to remould them into a single, more modern one. In 1851 the building passed to the Ottolenghi family (the wealthiest of the Jewish community of Asti), who radically renovated the apartment on the main floor with eclectic taste in predominant Empire style. These interiors are richly decorated with paintings: worthy of note, the wall-paintings above the doors by Gonin, the canvas entitled "Susan and the Old Men" attributed to Cariani, and a "Christ in the Garden" by Francesco Cairo.

Mazzetti Palace
357, Corso Alfieri

Ancient dwelling of the Turco family, this building underwent its first reconstruction and extension by order of Marquis Giovan Battista Mazzetti which was completed in 1730 with the building of the gallery on the first floor. The building was then refurbished and extended in 1751 probably on a design by Benedetto Alfieri. Remarkable features include the entrance hall, the staircase, the reception halls, the entwining wrought-iron balconies, and the sequence of window openings in the facade, the Mazzetti family coat of arms in relief crowning the central opening of the facade on Corso Alfieri. Worthy of note in the interior, the wall-paintings above the doors by Guala and the frescos in the gallery. Since 1939 the building has housed the Civic Picture Gallery.

Alfieri Palace
375, Corso Alfieri

Birthplace of Vittorio Alfieri. Renovation of a former medieval building by Benedetto Alfieri (about 1738), characterized by deliberate scenographic effects. Between 1901 and 1903, various adaptations, not affecting the structure, were carried out by Leonetto Ottolenghi, as well as the arrangement of the adjoining square. The building currently houses the Alfieri Museum, the National Centre of Alfieri Studies and the Civic Library and the Institute of the History of the Resistance and Contemporany Society.

Crypt of St. Anastasius
1, Via Goltieri

The whole block was originally occupied by the convent of the Benedictine sisters of St. Anastasius, a probable Liutprandian settlement of the 8th century. Original structure on a central plan, later transformed (12th century) in a rectangular crypt under the Romanesque church of St. Anastasius. In the 17th century this church was replaced by a Baroque church, later demolished to build the schools (1907). Since 1981 it houses the Medieval Epigraphic Museum. Notable features: the crypt, the collection of Romanesque capitals from the church of St. Anastasius, and the collection of coats of arms of the families of Asti. Marble columns from the Roman era reutilized in the most ancient part of the crypt. Two late-Roman capitals. Section of Roman wall in the foundations of the Romanesque Church of St. Anastasius. The visit is an indispensable preparation for the discovery of Romanesque Monferrato.