Dating from the 1910s and associated with the celebrated film director Giovanni Pastrone, the Egg is a giant henhouse that fuses art, history, and imagination into a single, surprising structure.
Site overview
Past the houses of the hamlet of Richiardi, you can admire the curious monument commonly known as the “Pastrone Egg”.
It is a giant henhouse, over 6 metres tall, built of local stone and concrete in the unusual shape of an egg.
The structure dates from the mid-1910s, commissioned by Oscar Salussoglia and later sold by him to the celebrated film director Giovanni Pastrone, together with the property of the now eponymous Art Nouveau villa.
How to visit the site
Past the houses of the hamlet of Richiardi, the egg is clearly visible from the provincial road to Forno Alpi Graie.
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