/english_ban06in-1.gif (31285 byte)

 

MuseiMacchia di Giarre: Museo degli Usi e dei Costumi delle Genti dell'Etna
Lungotorrente Emanuele Filiberto 95010 Macchia di Giarre tel. 095/ 7791769 (Delegazione Comunale)
Opening hours: 9 A.M. - 1 P.M.; 4 P.M. - 7 P.M.; open during local feasts; daily opening with reservation.
Entrance:
Free.
Services:
Guided tours.
Transport from Catania to Giarre:
Etna Trasporti, SAIS and Buda bus services.

Il pozzo per l'acqua ed il lavatoio, "la pila", ricostruiti in una delle sale del museoMacchia di Giarre Museum, inaugurated in 1995, is an etnographic structure for the recovery of the historical memories of daily country life: inside five big halls, the rooms of a farm and a XIX farmer's house has been accurately restored. There are agricultural tools, a spindle and a distaff dated 1750, a loom, a reel, various dresses among which newborn dresses and some wedding dresses, patronal feast and Sunday dresses, embroideries and a precious collection of daguerrotypes and old pictures. The peculiarity of this museum is to transform itself into a "living" museum: in fact, it is equiped to make the spectators live the traditional and very old local customs according to the numerous popular feasts, forgotten by many people today.

return


Loghino
Provincial Tourism Board of Catania
http://www.apt-catania.com
E-mail : apt@apt-catania.com

Tourist information offices
Catania : D. Cimarosa, 10 - 95124 - Tel. +39 95 7306211
Catania : Stazione Centrale FF.SS. - 95129 - Tel. +39 95 7306255
Catania : Aeroporto Civile Fontanarossa - 95121 - Tel. +39 95 7306266

Net.Service