City and Territory Museum
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The City and Territory Museum is a museum in Vetralla
, Lazio, central Italy
. It was founded in 1992 by Enrico Guidoni and Elisabetta De Minicis. It is located where part of northern walls of Vetralla used to be. It is run by the Tuscia University
in Viterbo
.
The museum was created as a center for documenting the architectural traditions of small towns, with special attention to Tuscia
, and has gradually expanded to include several areas relating to local construction techniques, traditional crafts, folklore
.
In 2008, it opened a cellar, an underground museum where it reconstructed a nineteenth-century cellar where all the items related to wine
production are shown.
The museum has also launched a catalog of all the categories of cultural goods at increased risk in Tuscia, including private houses, medieval walls, decorative pavements, street trees, street furniture
, historic gardens, and more, offering documentation about the real state of the local heritage and suggesting proper restoration and enhancement.
The City and Territory Museum is also houses the associations Vetralla Città d'Arte and Diva Cassia. Both are designed to protect and enhance the artistic, historical, cultural and environmental heritage of Vetralla and its region.
Vetralla
Vetralla is a town and comune in the Province of Viterbo, in central Italy, 11 km to the south of that city, located on a shoulder of Monte Fogliano.-History:...
, Lazio, central Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It was founded in 1992 by Enrico Guidoni and Elisabetta De Minicis. It is located where part of northern walls of Vetralla used to be. It is run by the Tuscia University
Tuscia University
The Tuscia University is a university located in Viterbo, Italy. It was founded in 1979 and comprises 6 faculties.-Organization:These are the 6 faculties in which the university is divided into:* Faculty of Agriculture* Faculty of Cultural Heritage...
in Viterbo
Viterbo
See also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and...
.
The museum was created as a center for documenting the architectural traditions of small towns, with special attention to Tuscia
Tuscia
Tuscia is a historical region of Italy that comprised the southern territories under Etruscan influence. While it later came to coincide with today’s province of Viterbo, it was originally much larger, including the whole Region of Tuscany, a great part of Umbria and the northern parts of...
, and has gradually expanded to include several areas relating to local construction techniques, traditional crafts, folklore
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
.
Structure and activities
The museum presents a careful survey of the quarries, ironworks, furnaces and wood cutting, and their associated tools. The museum has also promoted the recording of the work of living local craftsmen, who are custodians of arts passed down through the centuries.In 2008, it opened a cellar, an underground museum where it reconstructed a nineteenth-century cellar where all the items related to wine
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...
production are shown.
The museum has also launched a catalog of all the categories of cultural goods at increased risk in Tuscia, including private houses, medieval walls, decorative pavements, street trees, street furniture
Street furniture
Street furniture is a collective term for objects and pieces of equipment installed on streets and roads for various purposes, including traffic barriers,...
, historic gardens, and more, offering documentation about the real state of the local heritage and suggesting proper restoration and enhancement.
The City and Territory Museum is also houses the associations Vetralla Città d'Arte and Diva Cassia. Both are designed to protect and enhance the artistic, historical, cultural and environmental heritage of Vetralla and its region.