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House Museum of Don Giovanni Verità

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The home of the famous priest who hosted Garibaldi

In 1932 he established Don Giovanni Verità Museum (1807-1885) in the House where the famous priest and patriot of the Italian Risorgimento. Here, in the summer of 1849, was given hospitality to Giuseppe Garibaldi during his escape.

The Museum is organized into different categories, at the ground floor there is a section dedicated to the risorgimento and includes documents belonging to Don Truth. Is open to visitors even what was the priest’s bedroom where they placed two valuable paintings of the painter modiglianese Silvestro Lega: Portrait of Garibaldi and Don Giovanni Verità. At the upper floor there is an exhibition on resistance: there are numerous documents, images related to partisan activity in the area of Modigliana. While the famous soprano, Pia Tassinari, modiglianese source is devoted an entire room. An archaeological collection, however, is staged at the cellars of the House-Museum, where exhibits ranging from the bronze age to the Roman period.

 

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Convento dei Cappuccini
Modigliana

Convento dei Cappuccini

The convent located on Monte Castellaro

Civic Art Gallery
Modigliana

Civic Art Gallery

The work and ingenuity of the painter Silvestro Lega

Piazza Pretorio
Modigliana

Piazza Pretorio

The oldest part of Modigliana

Roccaccia
Modigliana

Roccaccia

The castello dei Conti Guidi

Ponte di San Donato
Modigliana

Ponte di San Donato

Ponte della Signora

The Tribune
Modigliana

The Tribune

A bulwark in defense of the medieval Citadel

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