#VisitaCastelpetroso - Museum culture

Artistico Presepe Molisano

The Artistic Molisan Nativity Scene, located on the ground floor of the Palazzo Marchesale, occupies approximately 30 square meters. It is an automated nativity scene designed in the late 1970s by the then parish priest of the Church of San Martino, Don Nicola Canzona, and later expanded in collaboration with local artists and youth. It represents a cross-section of the Molise landscape with scale reproductions of the most important monuments of Castelpetroso and the Molise region. The nativity scene is a true gem of craftsmanship: a blend of classic scenes and traditional Molise customs and traditions. The automated part manages the lights: the passage of the day, the sunrise, the sunset, the appearance of angels in the sky, day and night.

Museo della Civiltà Contadina

The "Museum of Rural Life" was established in 1997 following an educational project by the "O. D'Uva" Comprehensive School in collaboration with the Municipality of Castelpetroso. The Castellani family donated a significant number of objects, still on display in the museum, dating from the first half of the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century. The museum has recreated scenes from rural and other cultures using original antique objects donated by the owners.

Bottega del Fabbro Ferraio

Located on the ground floor of the Palazzo Marchesale, in the rooms that housed the old Lombard prison. A witness to bygone eras lived in a timeless atmosphere, with the melody of the undulating sound of the anvil, the workshop—donated by Mr. Cesidio delle Donne—pays homage and respect to the original art of the blacksmith and the work of shoeing, the art of the blacksmith. Its admiration offers educational and informative insights into a vision of artisanal archaeology that inspires profound and evocative reflections on the concepts of civilization and progress.

Antica Fornace

The Samnite-era kiln, discovered in the Castelpetroso countryside, is located on the lower level of the Palazzo Marchesale. It was granted on loan by the Molise Archaeological Superintendency in 2014 and is one of the few examples of a Samnite-era artifact to survive completely intact, evidence of a stable human settlement in the area.

Museum culture - Palazzo Marchesale

Artistico Presepe Molisano

Museo della Civiltà Contadina

Bottega del Fabbro Ferraio

Antica Fornace

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