Casa di Nuto

About the museum

The workshop-house of Pinolo Scaglione stands at the foot of the Salto hill, along the road to Canelli, in Santo Stefano Belbo. Scaglione was a carpenter and musician and a close friend of Cesare Pavese, who drew on him for the character of Nuto in the novel “La luna e i falò” and for the poem “I fumatori di carta”.

In the novel the workshop is a meeting place: anyone passing by, on the way to or from Canelli, would stop to talk while the carpenter worked with planes, chisels and saw. Even today the house keeps the look of an authentic period craft workshop, with narrow interior spaces, and the wisteria at the entrance invites a pause.

The house has no opening hours of its own: it is visited on the guided tours of the Fondazione Cesare Pavese, which set off from the Foundation’s headquarters and also include the Museo Pavesiano, the church of SS. Giacomo e Cristoforo and a stop outside the writer’s birthplace.

Highlights

• Period craft workshop of the carpenter Pinolo Scaglione
• The place that inspired the character of Nuto in “La luna e i falò”
• Visit as part of a route through Pavese’s places
• Salto hill, setting of the novel

Operated by

Fondazione Cesare Pavese

Visitors per year

approx. 3,417

Admission & discounts

Rates for the guided tour, which includes the Museo Pavesiano, the church of SS. Giacomo e Cristoforo, Casa di Nuto and a stop at the birthplace: adults aged over 12: €17; groups: €15; university students: €12. Also free for journalists, tourist guides and accompanying staff on duty with a valid card.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The house is an authentic period workshop with narrow interior spaces that may limit mobility; the gravel outside may hinder wheelchair access. Guide dogs are always admitted at all stops of the tours.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

Casa di Nuto is reached independently by car, about 3 minutes from the headquarters of the Fondazione Cesare Pavese (Piazza Luigi Ciriotti 1), from where the guided tours depart.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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