Museo della focarazza
Small ethnographic museum in Santa Caterina, devoted to fire, traditional crafts and the focarazza rite of 24 November.
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About the museum
The museum opened in 1987 in an old forge in the village of Santa Caterina, a hamlet of Roccalbegna, on the initiative of Alessandro Giustarini, a lover of local history who later became mayor. It was originally called the Museo etnografico di Santa Caterina.
In 2005 it was renovated and joined the Sistema museale Amiata grossetano; it is also part of the network of the Musei di Maremma.
On the ground floor are tools and objects of domestic life and rural work, mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries, with fire as the central theme: charcoal burners, blacksmiths and kiln workers, but also bread-making, pottery with pieces from the Sorano and Pitigliano area, objects linked to the Maggio songs and Holy Week, and handmade toys. The upper floor is devoted to the stollo and the focarazza, the fire rite held at Santa Caterina every 24 November, with two photographic collections, one in black and white from 1982 and one in colour.
Highlights
- Fire and the trades of charcoal burners, blacksmiths and kiln workers
- Bread-making tools and pottery from Sorano and Pitigliano
- The stollo and focarazza rite of 24 November
- Collection of 45 black-and-white photographs from 1982
- Traditional handmade toys
Permanent exhibition
- Il fuoco e la focarazza – Ground floor with objects of rural life and of fire-related trades; upper floor with the stollo and focarazza rite and photographic collections.
- Founded
- 1987
- Operated by
- Sistema museale Amiata Grossetana (Comune di Roccalbegna)
- Visitors per year
- approx. 83
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
An online list of museums indicates access for people with disabilities; the upper floor with the focarazza section is not described.
Kids & families
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