Museo delle Mummie di Roccapelago
Museum in the Roccapelago fortress with the mummies found in the church crypt in 2011 and the exhibition on Obizzo da Montegarullo.
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About the museum
The Roccapelago fortress stands on a rocky spur above 1,000 metres, overlooking the Pelago basin. It was a castle of the Montegarullo family, already mentioned in 753. Obizzo da Montegarullo (1347–1415), lord of Frignano and Garfagnana, rebelled several times against the Este family and in 1408 lost much of his territory. In 1586 the church of the Conversione di San Paolo was built within the old castle, with a bell tower dating from 1765.
In 2011, under the floor of the church, a funerary crypt was discovered containing the remains of more than three hundred people buried between the 16th and 18th centuries, about a hundred of whom were partly mummified. The finds, with clothing, embroidery, buttons and devotional and personal objects, are now displayed in four rooms recovered in the old castle.
The route includes the exhibition “Sulle orme di Obizzo da Montegarullo” and the section on the Roccapelago mummies. Visits are guided and run by the volunteer association Pro Rocca.
Highlights
- Mummies and remains found in the crypt of the Roccapelago church
- Clothing, embroidery, lace and personal belongings of the dead
- Exhibition on Obizzo da Montegarullo
- Medieval fortress on a rocky spur at over 1,000 metres
Permanent exhibitions
- Le mummie di Roccapelago – Remains and grave goods found in the church crypt: clothing, embroidery, buttons, lace and devotional objects.
- Sulle orme di Obizzo da Montegarullo – Exhibition devoted to the lord of Montegarullo and the history of the fortress, housed in the restored rooms of the castle.
- Operated by
- Comune di Pievepelago (volontari Pro Rocca)
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided visits every half hour for groups of about 15 people, with telephone reservation (+39 0536 71322 Municipality of Pievepelago; +39 0536 71890). The website does not publish fees. |
