Discovering the museums
A complete journey through history, tradition and identity
The Museum of Sila Crafts
The former Franciscan friary houses the municipal Museum of Sila Crafts and Soil Conservation, laid out as an ecomuseum that tells the story of the Sila room by room.
There are traditions and old trades, fossil ammonites found in the area, argentiferous galena and the history of the mines, brigandage with original weapons, clothing and documents, cinema with a projector from 1905, and weaving, with old blankets of linen, broom, wool and silk. One section is devoted to Giovanni Parrilla, founder of Parilla motorcycles, with two of his bikes.
Bruno da Longobucco
At Palazzo Citino an exhibition is devoted to Bruno da Longobucco, one of the great surgeons of the Middle Ages: he worked in Padua and Verona and in 1252 completed his “Chirurgia magna”. On display are his writings, surgical instruments and a section on weaving.