On the facade of the house 57 Corso Garibaldi a stone plaque commemorates the famous crafter of string instruments, Antonio Stradivari, who once lived here. The inscription says:
In this house lived
from 1667 to 1680
the luthier
Antonio Stradivari
with his first wife
Francesca Ferraboschi
An additional information board provides further data:
Former home of Antonio Stradivari
57 Corso Garibaldi, formerly
Contrada San Luca, was the home and workshop of Antonio Stradivari since the 4th of July 1667, when Stradivari married Francesca Ferraboschi. In this house, Stradivari built his most valuable instruments: the Clisbee of 1669, the Viola Mahler of 1672, several guitars and, more particularly, the decorated violins Sunrise (1677) and Hellier (1679).