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Museo dell'Arte Olearia

Museums and collections Cannole

Museo dell'Arte Olearia di Cannole: sala con volte a crociera; ai lati file di torchi, in fondo le macine in pietra su una vasca.

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The Ubaldo Villani Museum of Olive Oil Art is located in the ancient Piccinno oil mill in Cannole, built around the 1830s and today one of the few above-ground oil mills still standing in Salento. Divided into two wings, sold separately to Cavalier Ubaldo Villani in the 1930s and 1960s, the building remained closed for almost sixty years before the heirs granted it on loan to the Proloco Cerceto of Cannole, which inaugurated it as a museum on April 28, 2012. The path alternates the oldest tradition, with the harnessing of animals that turned the stone mills, to the mechanical and electric production that replaced them; you can admire the enormous oil tanks, the Genoese presses, and even a rare collection jar with its original wooden lid. The waste from the processing flowed into a well about 40 meters deep, still visible today. A small museum area finally houses fossil bones, Templar relics, and artifacts recovered from ancient churches in the area.

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