Centro delle Tradizioni Popolari «Livio Dalla Ragione»
Museum of rural life in a farmhouse at Garavelle near Villa Capelletti, with workshops, kitchen, oil mill and farming tools from the Valtiberina.
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About the museum
The museum occupies the farmhouse next to the villa of the marquises Capelletti, at Garavelle, on the southern edge of Città di Castello. It was created in 1974 by the Umbria Region, the Cassa di Risparmio and the municipality as one of the projects to keep folk traditions alive. It recreates, in a typical farmhouse of the Valtiberina (Upper Tiber valley), the life of peasant families, who had to make do in every way.
On the ground floor are the blacksmith’s workshop, with a fine leather bellows, the forge and the tools of the trade, and the stables with yokes, baskets and harnesses for working with animals. There is also a cellar with a wooden press and an oil mill with press and millstone. On the first floor visitors see the large kitchen with its fireplace and fire utensils, and a bedroom with bedside tables and religious images.
In the large attic are the farming tools used for harvesting grain and some looms, essential for domestic life. The route, organised by rooms, shows the everyday objects of the peasant families of the upper Tiber valley.
Highlights
- Blacksmith’s workshop with bellows and forge
- Oil mill with press and millstone
- Cellar with wooden press
- Peasant kitchen with large fireplace
- Looms and grain tools in the attic
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso nel casale contadino – Blacksmith’s workshop, stables, cellar, oil mill, kitchen, bedroom and attic with farming tools and looms recreate rural life in the Valtiberina.
- Founded
- 1974
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €6 |
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| Reduced | €4Groups of more than 15 people, students up to age 25 with a card, over-65s, visitors aged 6 to 18, FAI card holders, pilgrims, and holders of a full-price ticket to another museum in Città di Castello |
| Children & teens | €4free up to age 5 · Ages 6 to 18 reduced; up to age 5 free admission. |
| Seniors | €4From age 65 |
| Students & apprentices | €4Up to age 25 with a card |
| Groups (16+ people) | €4 per personGroups of more than 15 people |
| Schools outside the municipality | €3Price per pupil |
| Combined ticket with the Museo delle conchiglie Malakos | €6The ticket for the Museo Malakos includes the Centro delle Tradizioni Popolari |
Free admission for children under 6, schools of the Municipality of Città di Castello, ICOM members and tourist guides.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Booking contacts: +39 075 852 0656, +39 075 855 4202, cultura@ilpoliedro.org. |
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