Pavese’s birthplace

The house where Cesare Pavese was born is located at the heart of the places described in the novel The Moon and the Bonfires, with the Gaminella hill behind and facing the Salto hill, where you can visit the workshop of his friend Nuto. From the house you can also see Moncucco, the hill of the poem South Seas. 

The house was the summer retreat of Pavese’s parents and was sold in 1916, after the death of Pavese’s father. Nothing of the original furniture was thus kept and it still is a private property. 

Cesare Pavese’s birthplace is located at a short distance from Fondazione Cesare Pavese, not far from the cemetery with the writer’s grave, and can be visited from the outside, autonomously or within one of our guided tours.