Bottega del Bigonaio e Mostra permanente sulla guerra e la resistenza
Small museum in Moggiona with the reconstruction of a bigonaio’s workshop (maker of large wooden grape vats) and an exhibition on the Gothic Line, the war and the resistance in the Casentino.
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About the museum
Moggiona, a small mountain village within the Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, was for a long time a centre of bigonai, craftsmen who built the bigoni, the large wooden vessels used to carry grapes during the grape harvest. To preserve the memory of this trade, the Pro Loco set up the Bottega del Bigonaio, part of the network of the Ecomuseo del Casentino.
The route has two sections: the first reconstructs a traditional workshop with tools and working environment, the second displays the products made by the craftsmen. Demonstrations of the craft by the village’s craftsmen are possible on request.
Not far away is the permanent exhibition on the War and the Resistance in the Casentino, set up to commemorate the Nazi-Fascist massacre of 7 September 1944, in which eighteen people were killed, and the other wartime events that struck the village, which lies on the Gothic Line. The exhibition presents military material, original documents, panels and drawings, and has a small library.
Highlights
- Reconstruction of a traditional bigonaio’s workshop
- Bigoni and tools of the trade made by the craftsmen of Moggiona
- Demonstrations of the craft on request
- Exhibition on the Gothic Line, the war and the resistance in the Casentino
- Original documents and memorabilia of the massacre of 7 September 1944
- Founded
- 2005
- Operated by
- Pro Loco di Moggiona / Ecomuseo del Casentino
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Getting there & parking
Moggiona lies about 9 km from Ponte a Poppi on the road to Camaldoli, at about 700 m above sea level, within the Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi. The exhibition on the war and the resistance is a short distance from the workshop.
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| Good to know | Visits on request at the Pro Loco di Moggiona; demonstrations of woodworking by local craftsmen are possible. |
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