Museo delle Barche
Museum in the Rocca of Passignano with traditional boats from Lake Trasimeno and other inland waters, including two 13th-century dugout canoes.
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About the museum
The Museo delle Barche, officially the Centro di documentazione sulle imbarcazioni tradizionali delle acque interne italiane, grew out of a project of the Atlante linguistico dei laghi italiani, devised by Giovanni Moretti of the University of Perugia. It was opened in 2004 by the municipal administration and is located within the walls of the medieval Rocca of Passignano sul Trasimeno.
The route displays traditional boats from Lake Trasimeno, Lake Piediluco and the Padule di Fucecchio, as well as a model of a fassoi, a boat made of lake plants from the Cabras pond in Sardinia. Outside, a reconstruction of the “barchetto del gorro” can be seen; it was used until the 1930s for fishing with the large trawl net known as the gorro.
The most important pieces are two dugout canoes from the 13th century, hollowed out of an oak trunk and recovered from the shore at Passignano during dredging work. Twenty-one thematic panels place the exhibits in a linguistic, historical and archaeological context and illustrate the types of dugout canoe, sailing boats and rafts used on inland waters and along the Italian coasts.
Highlights
- Two 13th-century dugout canoes
- Reconstruction of the barchetto del gorro
- Traditional boats from Trasimeno, Piediluco and Fucecchio
- Model of a fassoi from the Cabras pond
- Twenty-one thematic panels
Permanent exhibition
- Imbarcazioni tradizionali delle acque interne italiane – Traditional boats from Lake Trasimeno and other inland waters, two 13th-century dugout canoes and thematic panels.
- Founded
- 2004
- Operated by
- Comune di Passignano sul Trasimeno
- Visitors per year
- approx. 27,000
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €2.50 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €1.50groups (with guide and accompanying person), people over 65, students of all school levels aged over 10 |
| Children & teens | freefree up to age 10 · Free admission for children and students up to the age of 10. |
Free admission, including for residents of the Comune di Passignano sul Trasimeno.
Accessibility
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- Service dogs welcome: no information
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Entry is accessible to people with disabilities.
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