Museo della zolfara
Sulphur mine museum in Lercara Friddi, housed in the 19th-century Villa Rose, dedicated to the history of sulphur extraction and to the work of the carusi.
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About the museum
The museum forms part of the Parco archeologico-industriale e Museo della zolfara, established by the Sicilian Region to preserve the memory of mining activity. In Lercara Friddi, industrial activity linked to sulphur officially began in 1828, and the mines declined definitively around the 1960s.
The museum is housed in Villa Rose, also known as Villa Lisetta, a 19th-century residence built for British entrepreneurs who opened the town's first sulphur mines. The new display includes multimedia routes, virtual reconstructions and models explaining the extraction techniques and the human cost of mining work, including that of the carusi, the children employed in the sulphur mines.
Highlights
- Villa Rose, a 19th-century residence of the British sulphur entrepreneurs
- The history of sulphur extraction in Lercara Friddi
- Multimedia, reconstructions and models of extraction techniques
- The work of the carusi in the sulphur mines
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