Oratorio Israelitico Synagogue in Casale Monferrato

The Cathedral of Casale Monferrato is one of the most important Lombard Romanesque cathedrals in Piedmont. It was consecrated on 7 January 1107 by Pope Paschal II, on the site where a temple dedicated to Jupiter already existed in the 1st century AD. Burnt down in 1215, it was extensively restored in the 1850s by the architect Count Edoardo Arborio Mella (1808-1884).

The Ashkenazi Synagogue in Vercelli was built in 1878 by architect Marco Treves. This Neo-Moorish brick building still serves as a synagogue.

The present building of Vercelli Cathedral was built on the site of a church building dating back to the 4th century. In the second half of the 16th century, Pellegrino Tibaldi, redesigned the building, destroying what was left of the medieval church, including the choir and the presbytery; it was redefined with the construction of chapels on the sides, and new naves, these works were completed in the 18th century.