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Wheel of bells

Description: In the historical-artistic section of the museum is to report this singular WHEEL OF BELLS from the former Church of SS. Salvatore who, until 1975, was the ‘Chapel’ of the Civic Hospital of the “Monte di Pietà” (acts ‘Ratiocinij’ of the “Monte di Pietà”, 16th and 17th Century) owned by the City. The finding presents itself as […]

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Funerary wax mask

Description: The find in question – a funerary wax mask with the relative pIaster cast of the 19th Century, belonged to a priest of Geraci who lived at the end of the Century, Don Paolo Verri – and it was retrieved by the form’s compiler in 1983, in an old house of Geraci; it was exposed for […]

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Painting of the Transfiguration

Description: In the historical-artistic section of the Museum is to report the remarkable painting of the Transfiguration of Giuseppe De Garbo from Castelbuono (dating to 1794); the pictorial work represents the Gospel story of the Transfiguration of Christ between Moses and Elijah together with the apostles Philip, James and John. The canvas of modest size constituted the high […]

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“De arte venandi cum avibus” 1596

Description: Inside the rich heritage of ancient books reported by the MUSeBArch there are 11 works dating to the 16th Century that include this volume of 1596 together with a valuable incunabulum called “Gregorian Cantorale”. This manual of hunting was written by the emperor Frederick the Second and it is the only ancient book of this typology that […]

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Little painting of “Mater Salvatoris”

Description: In the historical-artistic section of the museum is to report, in addition to the valuable painting of the Transfiguration of Giuseppe De Garbo (1794), the precious little painting of “Mater Salvatoris” probably of a Flemish artist, perhaps dating to the end of the 16 Century and the beginning of the 14th Century (?).The small cloth represents the […]

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The house of the shepherd of the Madonie

Description: Materials and executive techniques: In a room of the “Museo delle Madonie”, Vincenzo Piccione has made the faithful reconstruction of a domestic environment of a shepherd’s family of the Madonie through the collocation of some original artefacts of a daily use according to the rules of the tradition; such artefacts can be placed between the end of […]

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The Gallery of the Sicilian popular arts

Description: It constitutes a section of the “Museo delle Madonie” since 2013 and shows a series of museum artefacts concerning the Sicilian popular arts thanks to a valuable collaboration with the Foundation “Ignazio Buttitta” of Palermo, the owner of these artefacts. This precious collaboration, stipulated in 2010 with a special agreement with the municipality of […]

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The agro-pastoral house of bread

Description: materials and executive techniques: in a room of the madonie museum, almost adjacent to the shepherd’house, vincenzo piccione has made the faithful reconstruction of an agro-pastoral household of the production of bread in the madonie. through the allocation of findings of original ‘daily use in accordance with the rules of the tradition; these findings […]

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The house of the weaving and of the bride from the madonie.

Description: Materials and executive techniques: in a corner of the first section of the trusses and into the crafts section of the museo delle madonie, Vincenzo Piccione has made the faithful reconstruction of a domestic environment for the weaving process and the preparation of the bride’s outfit of the madonie. Through the allocation of findings […]

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Bottega del “lignamaru” (agro-pastoral carpenter)

Description: In a room of the madonie museum, almost adjacent to the shepherd’house, vincenzo piccione has made the faithful reconstruction of a joiner’s shop, the so-called “bottega del lignamaru” addressed to the wood manifacturing and to the productionto the work of wood and the preparation of some local tools to use inside the domestic and […]

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