Type:

Luoghi della cultura; Ente/Istituzione

Category:

Ethnography and anthropology museums

Corte del Pozzo is located in the ancient part of Porto Ceresio. Everyday life objects from 1850 to 1940 are displayed, grouped by theme, in an 11-room restored complex . Exhibit includes: farming, cattle breeding, fishing and wine production. Woodland and woodworking; food preparation and cooking; traditional bedroom; dresses, embroideries and silk worm breeding; religious objects. A section is dedicated to Porto Ceresio artists, carvers and sculpturers who were active in 19th and 20th century. Main room is dedicated to paintings and plastering created in 17th and 18th century by the Appianis in Germany In the garden, a display of lake boats, mining and farming carts completes the exibition.