Dolianova, Museum of Olive Oil Tradition “Sa mola de su notariu”

It is located in the late 17th century villa of the Boyl family, who built an oil mill there. In the early 1900s, the notary Francesco Locci bought the building, undertaking the production of oil on his own and the milling activity for third parties. The museum is dedicated to the olive oil tradition, deeply rooted in the Parteolla area. The exhibition illustrates the entire oil cycle: olive growing (tools for cultivation and pruning; graduated containers for measuring olives to start milling: "su moi “," sa mesuredda “," sa mesura “," sa mesura “," sa quarra “), olive pressing (animal traction mill), extraction of oily must (press for pressing fish), separation of oil from water, preservation of oil (from the Roman amphora to the most modern galvanized steel containers). A section is dedicated to the documentation on the production of oil and keeps the records of the Locci Oil Mill. An underground tank displays about seventy oil lamps of various origins and ages, used for lighting and religious purposes: Canaanite, Hellenistic, Roman, Sabbatical, Islamic, Sardinian, “Florentine”. The collection of graduated containers, used instead of the scale for measuring the olives to be started milling, is the first olive pressing system unchanged for millennia, is considerable.

Why is it important to visit it
Unica in Sardinia is the rich collection of lamps, powered by oil and coming from all over the world, exhibited underground.

Tag

Structure category: museum, gallery and/or collection

Content type: Science and/or technology

Usability: Open

Province: South Sardinia

Common: Dolianova

Macro Territorial Area: South Sardinia

POSTAL CODE: 09041

Address: viale Europa, 18

Telephone: +39 070 740651 +39 335 5468560

E-mail: info@museolio.it

Website: www.museolio.it

Instagram: www.instagram.com/museoliosardegna

Information on tickets and access: The museum is accessible by reservation only, at least one day in advance. For up-to-date information on the services offered and their price, we recommend that you visit the museum's dedicated web page. It is also advisable to contact the property in advance by phone or email before planning your visit.

Access mode: For a fee

Services information: The museum is accessible only with the two daily guided tours already defined in the schedules; the guided tours have interpreters in French and English. Facilitated physical accessibility for visitors with specific needs (with the exception of the underground tank).

Other services: The property offers personalized tour packages with tasting and small buffet. WiFi

Update

6/3/2025 - 11:10

Services

Guided tours