Museo arte contadina - Museo dei castelli abbandonati

About the museum

The museum opened to the public in 1978 in the polygonal tower of the marquis’s castle in Palmoli. It presents the agro-pastoral life of the area through agricultural and craft tools, and documents the fortified architecture of the Vastese area, with reference to the castles that are now abandoned. The route includes full-scale reconstructions of a typical farmhouse and a small section with Roman archaeological finds from the surroundings.

The castle, a symbol of the medieval village, developed around an original tower that sources date to 1095. The complex includes the defensive walls on the south and east sides, the tower, the passetto (a narrow passageway) and the 15th-century marquis’s palace with the attached 18th-century chapel of San Carlo. In 1650 it passed to the Severino family of Naples, who made it their residence. From the top of the tower you can see both the sea and the mountains. The museum is run by the Fondazione Vastese.

Highlights

• Polygonal tower of the marquis’s castle
• Tools for farm and craft work
• Full-scale reconstruction of a farmhouse
• Documentation on the abandoned castles of the Vastese area
• View from the tower over sea and mountains

Permanent exhibition

• Museo della civiltà contadina e dei castelli abbandonati – Farm tools, reconstructions of a rural house, documentation on the fortified architecture of the Vastese area and a small section of Roman finds.

Founded

1978

Operated by

Fondazione Vastese

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