Pascoli House Museum
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| Established | 1960, November, 1st[1] |
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| Location | Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy |
| Type | Poetry museum |
| Website | fondazionepascoli |
The Pascoli House Museum (Template:Lang-it) opened in Castelvecchio Pascoli, Tuscany, Italy in 1960 and is devoted to the exhibition of the Italian writer Giovanni Pascoli's personal poetry.
History
Originally "Cardosi-Carrara" house, Pascoli bought it later to live and work regularly since October 15, 1895.[2]
The idea of the museum came about in the 1950s, by his sister Mariù that left to Barga Municipality his manuscripts, letters, various memorabilia, and personal gifts to the institution in his will.
Thanks to his sister Mariù,[3] the house, built on three floors, has retained the appearance and structure that Giovanni Pascoli wanted during the years he lived there. The pieces always reflect the tastes, friendships and knowledge of the poet, while the furniture and the many family memories bear witness to the personality of Mariù and his world made around the figure of his brother.
The chapel
Near the house is the chapel on whose façade a plaque shows the verses taken from huis poem "Il Sepolcro". The chapel is an environment where the poet and sister Maria are buried in a marble ark, by Leonardo Bistolfi; the artifacts and the frescos are made by the hand of the Barghinese painter Adolfo Balduini.
Gallery
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Giovanni Pascoli with two farmers -
Pascoli house's garden -
Giovanni Pascoli's desk
Bibliography
- M. Pascoli, Lungo la vita di Giovanni Pascoli, Mondadori, Milan, 1961.
- G. Ruggio, Castelvecchio Pascoli. La casa del poeta, Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore, Lucca, 1997.
- U. Sereni, Giovanni Pascoli nella Valle del Bello e del Buono, Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore, Lucca, 2005.
References
- ^ Giornale di Barga, a. XII, n. 11 (november 1960)
- ^ The date was not a random choice: it is the day of the birth of Virgil, bucolic poet particularly dear to Pascoli.
- ^ "Il lascito di Maria al Comune di Barga". pascoli.archivi.beniculturali.it. Retrieved July 26, 2019.