The Civic Museum of Alessandria is located in the heart of the city inside Palazzo Cuttica di Cassine and houses works and objects of art coming mainly from the Alessandria area. In the first room, two 17th century Flemish tapestries welcome visitors. Next, the archaeological collection of the pre-Roman and Roman age of Cesare Di Negro Carpani: recently acquired, it is the result of an intense nineteenth-century collecting activity; due to its historical-archaeological characteristics, it is of particular importance in the context of the current knowledge of prehistory and ancient history of the Alessandria and Tortona area. The remaining rooms house: the sacred vestments and the precious collection of illuminated choirs commissioned by Pope Pius V, born Antonio Michele Ghislieri, the only Piedmontese Pope, on the occasion of the construction of the Dominican convent of Santa Croce and Ognissanti in Bosco Marengo; works dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte and the battle of Marengo; some important works of Piedmontese sacred painting of the '500 and' 600 such as the fascinating polyptych of the Coronation of the Virgin, by Gandolfino da Roreto.