Description
The building as developed rises six stories from the street and fronts the Corso Francia, the major boulevard running through the neighborhood of Cit Turin. Its eclectic medievalist style is marked by the incursions of the French strain of Gothic Revival, which can be found in the structural details such as the portal and the entrance hall, the balustrades of the balconies and internal staircases and the pronounced angular oriel characterized by its mullioned windows and round three-light windows that culminate in a crenellated turret.
Of great importance is the complex decorative apparatus of the main façades characterized by the extensive use of elements in cement, allegorical and zoomorphic decorations, including the pair of large dragons flanking the large wooden entrance portal; it is precisely the presence of these decorative elements that, over the years, has earned it the name of "House of Dragons" ("Casa dei Draghi"). [8] The decoration begins at the base of the main façades, simulating a stone ashlar with horizontal bands extending up to the main floor. At this level the windows are enriched by a frame which at the base bears coats of arms depicting allegorical figures that mark the façade, alternating with the pairs of dragons, symbolic representations of power and prestige that support the balustrades of the balconies on the upper floor. [9] The remaining arched windows show simpler frames, while the two large central bay windows have round mullioned windows and also culminate with a terrace.
The building has a beveled corner containing and a niche at the angle of the Corso Francia with the street intersecting it: the niche seems to have been conceived to house a statue which, however, has never been placed there.
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