Casa museo di palazzo Sipari
Historic residence in Pescasseroli, birthplace of Benedetto Croce and home of Erminio Sipari, first president of the Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo.
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About the museum
The palace was built between the late 18th and the early 19th century and took on its present appearance in 1839, when Pietrantonio Sipari bought it. An expression of the aristocratic architecture of the 18th and 19th centuries, with a late-Renaissance layout, it was declared a building of particular artistic and historical interest in 1967.
It was lived in without interruption by the Sipari family until 2006, the year of the death of Marchioness Maria Cristina Sipari, the last owner. It is the birthplace of the philosopher Benedetto Croce and the home of Erminio Sipari, founder and first president of the Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo; between the late 19th and the early 20th century it also hosted Vittorio Emanuele III, Duke Amedeo d’Aosta and other personalities.
The Fondazione Erminio e Zel Sipari, established in 2005, looks after its conservation and has opened the house museum to guided tours, which include the historic rooms and the family’s documents and mementos. In 2021 and 2022 the façades and friezes of the palace were restored.
Highlights
- Birthplace of Benedetto Croce
- Home of Erminio Sipari, first president of the Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo
- Historic rooms on the piano nobile (main floor) and period kitchens
- Documents and mementos of the Sipari family
- Aristocratic architecture of the 18th and 19th centuries
Permanent exhibition
- Casa-museo Palazzo Sipari – Guided tour of the palace’s historic rooms, with documents and mementos linked to the Sipari family and Benedetto Croce.
- Founded
- 2005
- Operated by
- Fondazione Erminio e Zel Sipari ETS
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided visits by reservation on the days indicated on the Foundation’s website, by calling +39 334 349 5164 and +39 0863 910748. The Foundation also offers a visit to the hydroelectric plant “Officina Sipari”. |
