Ecomuseo del vino e della civiltà contadina

Ecomuseum in the former prison of Verbicaro, with winemaking and rural life tools in four rooms, including the old cholera cell.

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About the museum

The Ecomuseo del vino e della civiltà contadina in Verbicaro is set up in the rooms of the town’s restored former prison. It is conceived as a place of collective memory for the people of Verbicaro: it gathers, preserves and promotes the cultural and historical heritage left by their ancestors.

The rooms present objects once used in winemaking and rural life, arranged by theme and explained by panels. The first room covers the history of wine, the economic value of the vineyard and the transition from the palmento (winepress) to the catuvo; the second, the environment, the grape and the stipa, and religious rituals; the third, women and machines; the fourth, the cholera revolt, recalled in the old isolation cell used during the epidemic between the 19th and 20th centuries, the house and the “panacieddri”. A video shows footage of ancient local traditions, the museum and the municipality.

The ecomuseum aims to enhance the specific features of local heritage – knowledge, techniques, dialects, songs and food traditions – and, after this first stage, intends to turn every corner of the town into a place of collective memory.

Highlights

Winemaking tools, from the palmento to the catuvo
Four thematic rooms with information panels
Old isolation cell from the cholera period
Video on local traditions, the museum and the municipality
Housed in the restored former prison

Permanent exhibition

Percorso espositivo dell’ecomuseo – Four thematic rooms on winemaking, the environment, women’s work, domestic life and the cholera revolt, with information panels.

Operated by: Comune di Verbicaro
Visitors per year: approx. 1,000