Museo Tepotratos

About the museum

Tepotratos is the museum of the Teatro Povero di Monticchiello, the community of Pienza that has staged a self-written drama based on its own life in the square every summer since 1967. The name is an acronym: TEatro POpolare TRAdizionale TOScano (Traditional Popular Theatre of Tuscany).

The museum is not an exhibition of objects, display cases and captions, but a space designed to stir emotions, with a route made up of sounds, voices, fragments of dialogue, objects and images. It is not a museum about the Teatro Povero but a museum of the Teatro Povero: it presents scenes and images of traditional Tuscan popular theatre and pays tribute to peasant and sharecropping society, its entertainments and its folk poetry, with stories of upside-down worlds that often concealed a longing for a fairer and more inclusive society.

The venue is the Granaio, a building from the mid-18th century next to the large medieval church, which is also the historic home of the Teatro Povero. The space also hosts temporary exhibitions, concerts, workshops and performances.

Highlights

• Stage design made of sounds, voices and images
• 18th-century granary next to the medieval church
• Tribute to Tuscan peasant and sharecropping society
• Interactive and multimedia visit on request

Permanent exhibition

• Allestimento Tepotratos – Immersive route with sounds, voices, objects and images of traditional Tuscan popular theatre and rural life.

Founded

2004

Operated by

Cooperativa del Teatro Povero di Monticchiello

Visitors per year

approx. 1,325

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

The visit to the display is free; for the interactive and multimedia visit, contact the venue at least one week in advance.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is in the Granaio, on Piazza Nuova, in the village of Monticchiello, beside the large medieval church.

Amenities & dining

• Restaurant

The Bronzino restaurant of the Teatro Povero is housed in the same venue (the Granaio).

Events & venue rental

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