Castello della musica - Museo del disco e Museo della liuteria
In the 14th-century fortress of Noceto, a museum of antique records and a collection of violin making from Parma, with an international school of lutherie.
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About the museum
The Rocca di Noceto stands in the centre of the village and was built at the behest of Oberto Pallavicino around the middle of the 13th century, after the emperor Frederick II had enfeoffed the place to him. Destroyed several times, it was rebuilt in the 14th century by the Sanvitale counts; in the 15th century Pier Maria Rossi had some parts rebuilt, giving the castle its present appearance. In the 17th century it passed half to the Farnese and half to the Sanvitale, who held it until the abolition of the feudal system in 1805. The central keep and the outer walls are the original parts; inside there is a garden.
Today the castle is known as the Castello della Musica. The Museo del Disco holds the bequest of the sports journalist Bruno Slawitz from Noceto, a collection of 78 and 33 rpm records mainly with concert and operatic themes, presented in a renewed route with computer listening stations. The Museo della Liuteria displays the collection of bowed and plucked instruments made by the master Renato Scrollavezza and by members of the Liuteria Parmense.
In the Sala Rossellini films are screened, including an educational video on the stages of making bowed instruments. From the floor one climbs to the tower, home of the Scuola Internazionale di Liuteria “Renato Scrollavezza”, founded in 1975 at the Conservatorio Boito in Parma: the workshop at the top of the tower offers a 360° view over the surrounding area.
Highlights
- Museo del Disco with antique records from the Bruno Slawitz bequest (78 and 33 rpm)
- Collection of Parma lutherie with instruments by Renato Scrollavezza
- International School of Lutherie in the tower
- Original 13th-century keep and walls of the fortress, with inner garden
Permanent exhibitions
- Museo del Disco antico – Bruno Slawitz bequest with 78 and 33 rpm records, mainly of concert and opera music, which can be listened to at computer stations.
- Collezione della liuteria parmense – Bowed and plucked instruments built by the master Renato Scrollavezza and by members of the Liuteria Parmense.
- Operated by
- Comune di Noceto
- Visitors per year
- approx. 350
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
The castle is in the centre of Noceto, at Piazza Garibaldi 1.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 45 min |
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| Good to know | A route of about 45 minutes: the outer garden, the rooms on the ground floor and the piano nobile (main floor) with the museum of antique records and the Parma lutherie, concluding with a 15-minute audiovisual. |
