Museo del Fischietto in terracotta «Domenico Divella»

Civic museum in Palazzo San Domenico with over 700 terracotta whistles from the national competition “Città di Rutigliano”.

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About the museum

The civic museum of the terracotta whistle was set up in 2004 by the municipal administration of Rutigliano and bears the name of Domenico Divella, a local entrepreneur who for decades led the pasta company of the same name. Since 1989 the Divella company has supported the festival of Sant’Antonio Abate and the national competition for terracotta whistles “Città di Rutigliano”, held every year around 17 January. The tradition of the Rutigliano whistles received the De.Co. (Denominazione comunale di origine, municipal designation of origin) recognition in 2003.

The collection arises directly from the works presented at the competition and now numbers more than 700 pieces, catalogued and photographed. It includes works by potters from Rutigliano, by craftsmen and artists from Apulia and elsewhere in Italy, as well as creations by school pupils and local associations, and bears witness to the variety of figures, symbols and sources of inspiration linked to this popular production.

The museum is on the first floor of Palazzo San Domenico, a former Dominican convent built at the end of the 16th century on the initiative of the Spanish captain Francesco Giovanni Scivara. After Italian unification the convent was suppressed and the complex passed to the Comune, which used it as a school, a district prison and as the seat of municipal and judicial offices. The same building also houses the civic library, with about 700 volumes on whistles and the history of ceramics, and the community library BiBaRà.

Highlights

Collection of over 700 terracotta whistles, catalogued and photographed
Works by the winners of the national competition “Città di Rutigliano” since 1989
Whistles by local potters, Apulian artists and school pupils
Seat in the former Dominican convent of Palazzo San Domenico with cloister
Civic library with specialist volumes on whistles and ceramics

Permanent exhibition

Collezione dei fischietti in terracotta – Over 700 terracotta whistles from the national competition “Città di Rutigliano”, works by potters, craftspeople, artists and pupils.

Founded: 2004
Operated by: Comune di Rutigliano
Visitors per year: approx. 30,000

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Getting there & parking

By public transit

Railway station of the Ferrovie del Sud Est on the Bari–Putignano–Martina Franca line; STP buses on the Rutigliano–Mola route and Lovanio buses on the Rutigliano–Noicattaro–Torre a Mare route.

By car: Rutigliano can be reached from the Strada Metropolitana 240 (former SS 634); from the north, take the A14 exit Bari Sud and follow the signs for Rutigliano. The nearest airport is Bari-Palese, about 30 km away.

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