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the foot of the Giara plateau, in the historic center of Tuili, is the residence that was until a few decades ago owned by the Asquer family, built in the first half of the nineteenth century in valuable neoclassical forms, perhaps designed by Gaetano Cima, and equipped with rustic annexes. This beautiful setting now houses the 'Olive and Oil Museum' and the 'Museum of Sardinian Musical Instruments'.
The “Olive and Oil Museum”, set up on the ground floor of the building, illustrates the tradition of olive growing through vintage images and stories. Grafters, pruners and pickers narrate the labors of this thousand-year-old work, starting from the grafting of the olive tree on the olive grove to the transformation of olives into oil.
Hoes, picks, graft knives, millstones and jars, simple tools unchanged over time, accompany the story, from the nineteenth century to the present day. It evokes the care and attention that the Asquers, a noble feudal family of Ligurian descent, gave to olive and oil production, in particular in the person of Don Gavino Asquer Pes, who, attracted by innovations, introduced a modern and functional oil mill into his residence. Next to the nineteenth-century oil mill, the most recent machinery from the second half of the twentieth century is on display.
The “Museum of Sardinian Musical Instruments” is set up on the upper floor of the villa, where family life once took place.
Within the collection, a special place is reserved for launeddas, the Sardinian instrument par excellence. An entire wall houses a rich assortment, whose placement on five lines refers to the idea of the pentagram. A collection not only to see but above all to hear, through the dissemination in the room of the melodies of the ancient barrel instrument performed live by the master Franco Melis.
The barrel is a recurring material in the collection's instruments, since the territory offers them of excellent quality: there are countless examples of benas, sulitus and pipaiolus produced with isperrada cane, cane and sarragia, which are placed in the windows.
The museum itinerary also gives space to percussion instruments, such as tumbarinos and afuente, to rattling instruments used during Holy Week rites, such as taulitas and matracas, as well as phonographs, gramophones, turntables and accordions.
Why is it important to visit it
Villa Asquer is a residence of valuable architectural value that still preserves the memory of the family that built and lived there. The culture of olive oil and traditional music, which is documented there, hands down to the new generations a disappeared world full
Structure category: museum, gallery and/or collection
Content type:
Ethnography and anthropology
Usability: Open
Province: Sud Sardegna
Common: Tuili
Macro Territorial Area: South Sardinia
POSTAL CODE: 09029
Address: piazza San Pietro, s.n.c.
Telephone: +39 070 936 3023 +39 347 9446052
E-mail: prolocotuili@tiscali.it
Website: www.prolocotuili.it
Facebook: it-it.facebook.com/atprolocotuili
Twitter: twitter.com/prolocotuili
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Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday - Friday - Saturday
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Special openings: With advance booking, it is also possible to visit the museum on Sundays.
Information on tickets and access: Access is free for children up to 6 years old and for disabled people.
Access mode: For a fee
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Services information: Reservations are required for guided tours.
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Author : Delrio, Gavino
Author : Delrio, Gavino
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