[1] A Jewish community, engaged in silk production and banking, is recorded in Cherasco from the 16th century onward.

Emilio Debenedetti, an engineer, designed and constructed the town electrical system.

[5] The courtyard location concealed within a residential building is typical of synagogues built in pre-modern Italy.

[7] The 18th-century late-Baroque Torah ark and bimah feature the twisted Solomonic columns long popular in Italian synagogues.

The "elegant"[4] free-standing octagonal bimah is of carved wood with two sides open to allow access,[8] and an elaborately painted and gilded baldachin.