Voghera - Main Sights

Main Sights

• The Castle, erected by the Visconti in 1335-1372.The castle of Voghera is quoted, in her historical reconstruction, by Carla Glori, (in her book "Enigma Leonardo: decifrazioni e scoperte",Cappello publisher 2011), because in 1489 it was given as a dowry to Bianca Giovanna Sforza, (that she identifies as La Gioconda by Leonardo, portrayed in the Malaspina-Dal Verme castle, rising in the neighbouring Bobbio), in consequence of the poisoning of Pietro del Verme by order of Ludovico il Moro (1485).
• Palazzo Gounela, the current Town Hall.
• The large Cathedral of Saint Lawrence dates from the 11th century, but was remodelled in the Baroque style about the beginning of the 17th.
• The church of St. Joseph, with a noteworthy Baroque façade.
• The suppressed church of Sant'Ilario, also known as Tempio alla Cavalleria or Chiesa Rossa ("Cavalry Temple" or "Red Church"), so called from the red colour of the brick of which it is built. It dates from the 8th-10th centuries.

The Historic Museum houses, among the others, the personal A112 car of General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, killed by the Mafia in 1982, and the weapon that allegedly killed Benito Mussolini.