Osteria le Colonne is located in the cellars of Palazzo Squarciafico in Piazza Invrea 3R. Our magnificent outdoor seating area is located in Piazza San Lorenzo, right in front of the Cathedral of San Lorenzo . dehor
The square owes its name to the Invrea family, a family of shoemakers who likely originated from the Ligurian coastal town of the same name.
Originally, the small square was known as Squarciafico, named after the noble family that first settled there. Local residents used to call it the square of the 'animette' (little souls) due to a shop that specialized in selling bone and mother-of-pearl buttons.
Palazzo Squarciafico was built in 1565 upon an existing medieval palace that incorporates the tower. The restaurant premises were once used as the palace cisterns and, according to some sources, also as a prison.For a certain period, along with the rest of the building, it appears to have been converted into a house of pleasurefor wealthy clients. The decorations on the door knocker at the main entrance seem to confirm this version of history.
Osteria Le Colonne owes its name to the stone and marble columnsinside the restaurant, which feature Late Gothic capitals that were perhaps wartime spoils. di colonne in pietra di finale e in marmo, con capitelli tardo gotici, forse bottini di guerra.
Qualcuno dice che se venisse meno la nozione di tempo verrebbe meno anche la nozione di spazio. Ci piace pensare che Osteria Le Colonne sia un luogo, dove chi vi entra ha la possibilità di sperimentare una dimensione dove non esista l’illusione dello scorrere del tempo, dove sia possibile vivere in una successione di “Adesso”
