Discovering the MUSEUM-GARDEN CIVILTA' DELLA SETA "Mario Monasterolo" and the Castle of Racconigi

Name: Discovering the MUSEUM-GARDEN CIVILTA' DELLA SETA "Mario Monasterolo" and the Castle of Racconigi
Start: 2024-06-01T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-06-02T18:30:00+02:00
Location: MUSEO-GIARDINO DELLA CIVILTÀ DELLA SETA “MARIO MONASTEROLO”

Visits and workshops

1 and 2 JunePassed

Conditions

Reservation required for the visit to the Castle of Racconigi on June 2.

Registration

017169620 info@cuneoalps.it

- Saturday 1 June FREE Open: 15.00 to 18.30
- Sunday, June 2 FREE Opening: from 10.00 to 18.30 FREE LABORATORY Silk processing Hours: 11.00 and 16.30 Practical workshop to learn how to unravel the cocoon to draw silk threads The restaurant Da Mosè, for the occasion, will propose dishes based on edible flowers and aromatic plants.
CASTELLO DI RACCONIGI Via Morosini, 3 THEMATIC VISIT Racconigi Castle and Royal Gardens with the guides of the tourist office of Racconigi. Opening hours: 11.00 and 14.30 A special guided tour to deepen the history of the Castle and let the public discover the immense botanical, landscape and historical wealth of its park.
Cost: euro 5,00 visit Castle, euro 8,00 visit Castle and Park. Info and reservations: Conitours - Tel. 0171. 69620 info@cuneoalps.it

About the location

MUSEO-GIARDINO DELLA CIVILTÀ DELLA SETA “MARIO MONASTEROLO”

Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 3 Racconigi

Cuneo
Piemonte

An overview that unites the past to the present, architecture to the landscape, tradition to innovation. The Museum-Garden of the Silk Civilization of Racconigi is a place of narration where simple dissemination meets engaging scenic spaces to become a holistic story of the time that has been. Between the mid-fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth century, in fact, Racconigi became the first Savoy village to experiment with the domestic processing of silk fabrics and the first to have also developed an integrated silk production chain. Specialized in particular in the spinning of organzino, the territory experienced a gradual and contemporary expansion of the cultivation of mulberry trees, which until a few decades ago still embellished the surrounding countryside. A journey into the true essence of the city, in short, for a complete and enriching visit experience