Rotunda of the Holy Sepulchre (12th century)
2, Corso Alfieri

This church is attached to what was once the residence of the Prior of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem (later the order of the Knights Hospitallers of Rhodes, who subsequently took the name of the Military Order of the Knights of Malta). There was also a hospice for pilgrims, since Asti was of one the stations on pilgrimages towards Rome and Jerusalem for those coming from across the Alps. Romanesque style, octagonal hall with ambulatory. The structure is that of all churches of the same name and recalls the basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Beside the rotunda, there is the priory church of St. Peter in Consavia, built at the request of the Prior of Lombardy, Giorgio Valperga, who came from Asti. Gothic-Renaissance in form, with fine friezes in terracotta both inside and outside. The monastery buildings house the Paleontological Museum and the Archeological Museum, which includes the Egyptian section.