The world's smallest Medieval house
is to reopen in Abruzzo as part of a museum project in a town
near L'Aquila to showcase the local rural culture and history.
The property in Goriano Valli, measuring just eight square
meters, was inhabited by a local farmer couple until 140 years
ago.
Since then, the tiny space containing just a bed made of wooden
planks and a straw mattress, a fireplace, two chairs, a chest
and a basin, has remained closed.
Now it will become part of the MuDi 'scattered museum' in the
Sirente-Velino Regional Park, to be inaugurated in June.
"Entering this house, one magically returns to the rural daily
life of the past: (finding) objects that narrate the daily
labours of peasants in the service of the local baron," said the
creator of MuDi, Fausto Di Giulio.
"Devoid of toilets and running water, this small domestic
structure retains a medieval authenticity that allows visitors
to immerse themselves in a bygone era," he continued.
The aim, said Di Giulio, is to "inspire others to do better,
more and differently by inviting those owning historical
structures in the Aterno valley and in the Sirente-Velino Park
to restore and protect them so they can be handed down to future
generations, by offering the opportunity for them to be included
free of charge in the museum itinerary as an act of active
participation in the preservation of local memory".
The first stations of the MuDi to be inaugurated in June also
include the property next to the medieval house, dating to 1494,
whose combined coat of arms of the powerful noble Sannesio and
Malaspina families has now been restored.
The MuDi will also contain Me-To-Me, the Ceo Museum for the
Future created by the New York-based international organisation
Rex Roundtables that connects business people and CEOs around
the world to discuss about innovation, strategy and leadership.
(Archive photo of sheep in Goriano Valli)
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