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Monticello Amiata, Via Grande - Cinigiano |
opening
July -August:Tuesday,Thursday,Saturday 16.30-19.00;
Sunday 10.00-12.00
Visits out of season by prior arrangement
price
Free
disabled facilities
No
history and purpose
In 1981,the local tourist office beganexhibiting a collection of objects of countrylife.This became the Museum House in1989.The museum is housed in a private buildingdating back to the 16th century which wasoriginally the Town Hall of Monticello andlater the residence of the "podestà".Thetwo floors of the museum contain a vastcollection of objects from daily life at theend of the 19th century for the populationof this little mountain town,from the hometo the countryside.Next to the museum isthe Cultural Centre,with its teachingworkshop and multimedia collection ofmemoirs of the life of the town.There isalso a small library of bibliographic materi-al regarding the history of the towns andvillages of Mount Amiata,useful tools forresearch into the history and anthropologyof the area.The tour is complete with twowalks outside the house:the "Chestnutwalk",which takes visitors out into thewoods where this fruit,an important factorfor the mountain economy,is still cultivat-ed and harvested by the local men andwomen;and the "Spring waterwalk",which was the road taken by themen as they went to work the fields near toMonticello,offers a variety of points ofboth landscape and anthropological inter-est,the two springs along the walk beingthe places where people met to exchangenews and to socialise.
opening date
1989
exposure surface
130
exposure hall
4
pezzi esposti
500
director: Stefania Ulivieri
phone: 0564/969602
phone: 347/1260421
fax: 0564/967093
sistemamusealeamiata@cm-amiata.gr.it
www.comune.cinigiano.gr.it
www.sistemamusealeamiata.it
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