The Pascoli House Museum ( it, Casa Museo Pascoli) opened in

Castelvecchio Pascoli Castelvecchio di Barga, officially Castelvecchio Pascoli, is a village in Tuscany in central Italy. Administratively, it is a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Barga, in the province of Lucca, in the Serchio Valley, where poet Giovanni Pascoli bo ...

, Tuscany, Italy in 1960 and is devoted to the exhibition of the Italian writer

Giovanni Pascoli Giovanni Placido Agostino Pascoli (; 31 December 1855 – 6 April 1912) was an Italian poet, classical scholar and an emblematic figure of Italian literature in the late nineteenth century. Alongside Gabriele D'Annunzio, he was one of the great ...

's personal poetry.

History

Originally "''Cardosi-Carrara''" house, Pascoli bought it later to live and work regularly since October 15, 1895. The idea of the museum came about in the 1950s, by his sister Mariù (Maria), who left to

Barga Barga may refer to: People * Barga Mongols in the early 20th century Places * Barga (department), Burkina Faso * Barga, Tuscany Barga is a medieval town and ''comune'' of the province of Lucca in Tuscany, central Italy. It is home to around 10, ...

Municipality his manuscripts, letters, various memorabilia, and personal gifts to the institution in his will. Thanks to his sister Mariù, the house, built on three floors, has retained the appearance and structure that Giovanni Pascoli wanted during the years he lived there. The pieces reflect the tastes, friendships and knowledge, while the furniture and the many family memories reflect Mariù and the world around Pascoli.

The chapel

Near the house is a chapel. Its façade has a plaque which shows verses taken from his poem "Il Sepolcro". The chapel is where the poet and sister Maria are buried in a marble ark made by Leonardo Bistolfi; the artifacts and the

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s were created by Barghinese painter .

Gallery

Giovanni-Pascoli-a-Castelvecchio.jpg, Giovanni Pascoli with two farmers Giardino Casa Pascoli.jpeg, Pascoli house's garden Studio Giovanni Pascoli.jpeg, Giovanni Pascoli's desk

Bibliography

* M. Pascoli, ''Lungo la vita di Giovanni Pascoli'', Mondadori, Milan, 1961. * G. Ruggio, ''Castelvecchio Pascoli. La casa del poeta'', Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore, Lucca, 1997. * U. Sereni, ''Giovanni Pascoli nella Valle del Bello e del Buono'', Maria Pacini Fazzi Editore, Lucca, 2005.

References

External links

Fondazione Giovanni Pascoli site
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