Torre Ferrerio in Piedimulera

The ground floor opens onto a small courtyard and once contained a hall with an impressive stone fireplace: it is now a museum of the tower itself, with an exhibition illustrating its history. The first floor is closed at present. The second floor houses a room inaugurated in 2011 to honour Giorgio Spezia, an illustrious scientist born in Piedimulera, and mark the 100th anniversary of his death. A number of work tools are on display on this floor, together with photographs and panels illustrating some eminent citizens of Piedimulera. It also houses the famous “Val d’Ossola excursions map”, drawn up by Spezia himself.
On the third floor are decorations in stucco, Baroque stylistic elements and putti with the Ferreri family arms. The fourth floor is also called “embrasures floor” because it has a lot of embrasures, still visible nowadays, which were used to hit the enemies remaining protected. The fifth floor, originally the most richly decorated and still the most interesting, due to the presence – all around the perimeter of the walls – of a series of 16th century frescoes depicting hunting scenes in which the owner of the ancient tower, Desiderio Ferrari, is also the key character.