Museo della Ceramica
Municipal ceramics museum of Rapino, a historic centre of Abruzzese majolica, with works by local potters and from international schools.
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About the museum
Rapino holds a prominent place among the historic ceramic centres of Abruzzo. Between the 19th and 20th centuries it was an important centre of popular ceramics, valued for the brilliance of its glazes, the vividness of its colours and the beauty of its decoration. The first documented potter, Raffaele Bozzelli, is recorded in 1821. Others who worked there included Fedele Cappelletti, regarded as one of the greatest majolica painters of southern Italy, the Cascella family and the Bozzelli and Bontempo families.
The museum, founded in 2003, is housed in the former monastery of Sant’Antonio and, alongside works by the most important potters of Rapino, also displays ceramics from international origins. In the same complex, thanks to European funding under Interreg III B CADSES, the Scuola della Ceramica (ceramics school) was established, with courses in decoration and turning also open to tourists.
Local production includes jugs, pitchers, tureens and plates decorated with flowers, birds on sprigs, the tablecloth pattern and the rooster; some of the jugs were used by pilgrims to the nearby sanctuary of San Rocco at Roccamontepiano to draw water from the miraculous spring.
Highlights
- Works by the potters of Rapino, including Fedele Cappelletti
- Ceramics of international origin
- Housed in the former monastery of Sant’Antonio
- Scuola della Ceramica with courses open to tourists
Permanent exhibition
- Ceramica di Rapino e ceramica internazionale – Works by the potters of Rapino from the 19th and 20th centuries, alongside ceramics of international origin.
- Founded
- 2003
- Operated by
- Comune di Rapino
- Visitors per year
- approx. 2,500
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
From Pescara railway station (about 38 km) continue to Rapino by bus with Autolinee ARPA; Autolinee Sangritana also operate.
By car from Chieti or Pescara, take the SS 81 and then the SS 263 to Rapino; Pescara airport is about 34 km away.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | The Scuola della Ceramica, with courses in decoration and turning, including for tourists, is active in the same complex. |
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