Museo presepio Paolo VI
Nativity museum in San Vigilio di Concesio, with a large mechanised nativity scene, a hundred nativities from around the world, biblical sets and relics of Paul VI.
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About the museum
The activity of the Associazione Amici Museo Presepio Paolo VI Pro Missioni dates back to Christmas 1958, when in the premises of the old oratory of San Vigilio some young people, guided by the curate Don Gino Zoli, set up a nativity scene. In the following years a stable group formed that refined the mechanisms and devices of the presepio. After the death of Pope Paul VI (Montini) in 1978, the nativity scene was dedicated to him; from 1979 the association has published an annual newsletter, “Il Ninnolo”.
The route includes a large mechanised nativity scene of about 50 square metres, set in a wide grotto of tufa stone, with a Nativity in painted wood from the Val Gardena craft tradition, scenes of daily life, the visit of the Magi to Herod, and a simulation of day and night, the passing of the comet and snow. Along the galleries are six mechanised biblical scenes, four from the Old Testament (including the Creation, the Great Flood and the Crossing of the Red Sea) and two from the New Testament, and a collection of about one hundred nativity scenes from around the world.
The museum also holds relics of Paul VI: the papal shoes, the zucchetto (skullcap) and a manuscript from the Holy Year 1975. The outdoor area houses the mosaic monument to the jubilees, an iron cross, an icon of the Madonna della Stella and several fountains in tufa stone.
Highlights
- Large mechanised nativity scene in a tufa grotto, with day and night, comet and snow
- Collection of about one hundred nativity scenes from around the world
- Six mechanised biblical sets
- Relics of Paul VI: papal shoes, zucchetto and a manuscript from 1975
- Painted wooden Nativity from the Val Gardena
- Operated by
- Associazione Amici Museo Presepio Paolo VI Pro Missioni
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Getting there & parking
From the A4 motorway: take the Ospitaletto exit, provincial road SP 19 towards Val Trompia–Concesio; after the two tunnels follow the signs for San Vigilio. Alternatively, take the Brescia Ovest exit, the western ring road and provincial road BS 345 towards the Val Trompia as far as Concesio, then follow the signs for San Vigilio.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Visits outside the Christmas period are possible on request for groups of at least 15 people. |
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