Casa natale di Daniele Comboni
Birthplace of Saint Daniele Comboni at Limone sul Garda, with a chapel, the Museo delle curiosità and a multimedia route on the missionary's life.
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About the museum
Daniele Comboni was born in this house on 15 March 1831. The building lies in the Limonaia del Tesöl, where his parents worked as caretakers. A missionary and Catholic bishop, Comboni founded the Missionari Comboniani del Cuore di Gesù and the Pie Madri della Nigrizia; he died in Khartoum in 1881 and was canonised by Pope John Paul II on 5 October 2003.
Today the house is inhabited by a community of Comboni missionaries who welcome visitors and guests. Visitors can see the simple kitchen, the parents' room with the letters sent by Comboni, and the children's room on the upper floor, reached by a wooden staircase. Below the house, in the former woodshed, a small chapel has been created, with an olive-wood altar and works in wood by the South Tyrolean sculptor Paolo Mussner.
The visit is completed by the Museo delle curiosità, a brief introduction to the peoples and cultures of Africa in the places where Comboni worked, and by a multimedia route in which a first-person narrator retraces his life and spirituality: the years in Limone, his training at the institute of Don Nicola Mazza, his first journey to Africa, the “Piano per la rigenerazione dell'Africa” (Plan for the Regeneration of Africa) and his death. A walk along the panoramic path behind the house and through the garden of the limonaia closes the visit.
Highlights
- Birthplace of Saint Daniele Comboni
- Chapel in the former woodshed, with works by Paolo Mussner
- Multimedia route on the life and spirituality of the saint
- Museo delle curiosità on the peoples of Africa
- Panoramic path and the garden of the limonaia (lemon house)
Permanent exhibitions
- Percorso multimediale su Daniele Comboni – Route with lights, sounds, films and an original soundtrack in which Comboni recounts his own life and mission in the first person.
- Museo delle curiosità – Brief overview of the peoples and cultures of the African regions where Comboni worked.
- Operated by
- Missionari Comboniani
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission by voluntary donation.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Visits to the multimedia route outside the season require an appointment (telephone +39 0365 954 091 or email combonianilimone@gmail.com). A religious community lives in the house: visitors are asked to keep silent and not to disturb those who are praying. |
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