- Fondazione Cosso e Castello di Miradolo

Photographs of Teresa Massel di Caresana and Luigi Cacherano di Bricherasio, (Emanuele and Sofia di Bricherasio’s parents), undated (early 20^th century)

Cosso Foundation Archives, Castello di Miradolo Collection

Marriage contract between the illustrious Sir Luigi Cacherano di Bricherasio and the noblewoman Lady Teresa, Luigia, Felicita, Maria Massel, May 27^th, 1866

Cosso Foundation Archives, Castello di Miradolo Collection

Deed of Gift between the donor Mr. Antonio Macello and the donee, his nephew, Mr. Gian Battista Macello, captain of the prestigious Queen’s Regiment (a historical infantry unit of the Royal Army established in 1839), dated August 26^th, 1737, reproduction
The gift was made to enable Gian Battista Macello to find a “good match,” as happened when he married Eleonora Ricci di Casale in 1755.
In 1759, Macello changed the family name to Massel and later expanded his estate by purchasing the Marquessate of Caresana from the House of Savoy, thus becoming its first marquess.

Cosso Foundation Archives, Castello di Miradolo Collection

Entreaty written by Giovan Battista Massel, third Marquess of Caresana (Teresa’s father) to King Victor Emanuel I requesting the rank of captain, 1861

Cosso Foundation Archives, Castello di Miradolo Collection

Undergraduate thesis by Luigi Cacherano di Bricherasio, bound in paper with embossed plates and decorative color prints, 1852, Tipografia Fratelli Favale, Turin
Sofia and Emanuele’s father Luigi Cacherano di Bricherasio earned an undergraduate degree in Law from the “Royal University of Turin” on July 19^th, 1852, at 4p.m., at the age of 24.

Cosso Foundation Archives, Castello di Miradolo Collection

Heraldic achievements of the Cacherano di Bricherasio family, undated (early 20^th century)

Cosso Foundation Archives, Castello di Miradolo Collection

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