Museo della castagna di Lillianes
Small museum in the premises of the Il Riccio cooperative, with chestnut-processing tools, a reconstructed gra and local varieties.
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About the museum
The small museum has been set up in the building that houses the cooperative “Il Riccio”, which is engaged in harvesting, selecting, drying and marketing chestnuts.
The collection displays tools and objects used mainly in the past to process the fruit, along with several local varieties. For centuries the chestnut was the staple food of families in the lower Lys Valley, so much so that it was also called “the bread of the poor”. The building contains a gra (the place where chestnuts are dried), reconstructed on the model of the old ones, and living spaces such as a kitchen and a bedroom.
In October the museum also offers the chance to follow the stages of harvesting and today's processing of the product with modern machinery.
Highlights
- Historic tools and objects for processing chestnuts
- Gra reconstructed on the model of the old ones
- Local chestnut varieties
- In October: harvesting and processing with modern machines
Permanent exhibition
- Gli strumenti della castagna – Tools for processing chestnuts, local varieties and a reconstructed gra with a kitchen and bedroom.
- Operated by
- Cooperativa Il Riccio
- Visitors per year
- approx. 300
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission.
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