THE FOOD MUSEUMS
A city of aristocratic cultural and musical traditions, rich in celebrated monuments and precious art works, Parma is also the Capital of Taste and good cuisine. The glorious products of the Parma area - Parmigiano Reggiano, Prosciutto di Parma, Salame Felino, Culatello of Zibello, Tomato Purée, Pasta, Wine from the hills, Porcini mushroom from Borgotaro and Fragno Truffle - find in the Museums of Food a special place for their story and promotion.
The Museums of Food in Parma" is a museum network dedicated to the culinary excellence of Made in Italy. The nine museums are located throughout the province of Parma and narrate the history, culture, traditions, as well as the developments in the food industry of this part of Italy, which is the green heart of the Food Valley.
The route that connects the museums begins in the Bassa Parmense, where the long Po River flows. Here, we find the Museum of Culatello di Zibello, housed inside the Antica Corte Pallavicina, which is famous for its extraordinary cellar for aging culatello. A few kilometers away, you'll find the Parmigiano Reggiano Museum of Soragna, located inside an ancient 'Casello' that was used for centuries for cheese production. Traveling south, you'll arrive at the Pasta Museum and the Tomato Museum, both situated within the ancient Giarola Court, a picturesque medieval agricultural complex built in the middle of the Taro river park. As you reach the hills, you'll find the Wine Museum, located within the ancient cellars of the Rocca di Sala Baganza, and the Salami Museum of Felino, housed in an old building in the hamlet of Felino. The journey continues, arriving at the Parma Ham Museum, located inside the former Foro Boario in Langhirano, the main production center for this unique delicacy known worldwide for its sweetness. Moving into the Apennine Mountains, you'll discover museums dedicated to the Borgotaro IGP Porcini Mushroom and the Fragno Truffle Museum in Calestano.
THE PARMIGIANO REGGIANO MUSEUM
THE PASTA MUSEUM
THE TOMATO MUSEUM
Around an ancient production line of preserves unfolds the story of the tomato, starting with its arrival from distant America in the sixteenth century, to the first tentative gastronomic approaches, to the varieties and growing techniques. It then moves on to explore the extraordinary diffusion in the Parma area during the late nineteenth century, to the emergence of a powerful canning and mechanical industry, of the Experimental Station and of the Fairs. Photos and historical documents, rare footage, models and interactive displays, packaging and can openers, publications, curiosities and copyrighted recipes tell the world of the "red gold" right up to its irresistible triumph on the dining room table.
THE PARMA WINE MUSEUM
THE FELINO SALAMI MUSEUM
Indirizzo > Via Giosuè Carducci, 11 - Felino (PR)
THE "PROSCIUTTO DI PARMA" (PARMA HAM) MUSEUM
Adress > Via Bocchialini, 7 - Langhirano (PR)
THE CULATELLO OF ZIBELLO MUSEUM
In the large underground room, the theme of product technology is developed, starting with pork meat, the qualities of salt and pepper, to the description of the main cold cuts of the Lowlands of Parma. The history of Culatello follows, featuring quotes from famous personalities, from the poet D’Annunzio to the novelist Guareschi. The fascinating gallery of Culatello and the Hostaria, end the exhibit dedicate to the King of Cold Cuts. There, it is possible to enjoy sampling. The museum experience is completed by Po Forest, a path to discover the woods of the floodplains and the pig farm in the wild.
Adress > Strada Palazzo Due Torri, 3 - Polesine Zibello (PR)
PORCINO OF BORGOTARO MUSHROOM MUSEUM
Mushrooms have been part of human diet since prehistoric times, especially among Mediterranean and Eastern civilizations. This is evidenced by archaeological findings from the Terramara di Castione Marchesi. They were known for their sensory characteristics even in ancient Rome, where they were consumed extensively, especially in the imperial banquets of the "Caesars."
The Porcino - Boletus edulis - from Borgotaro, Italy's first IGP (Protected Geographical Indication) mushroom, also boasts great fame. Appreciated by the Farnese dukes and mentioned in gastronomic literature from the 18th and 19th centuries, this mushroom has stimulated authentic harvesting practices in the Apennine woods and a commercialization that now enables us to fully appreciate its exceptional qualities in a multitude of diverse recipes.
Borgo Val di Taro museum location
c/o “Museo delle Mura” – Via Cesare Battisti, 86 – 43043 Borgo Val di Taro (PR)
Albareto museum location
Via della Repubblica, 16 – Palazzo della Comunalia – 1° piano – 43051 Albareto (PR)
TRUFFLE OF FRAGNO MUSEUM
Via Mazzini, 16 - Calestano (PR)
BOOK YOUR TOURS
VISIT THE BASILICANOVA DAIRY
VISIT THE LELLI PIETRO GIOVANNI SRL DAIRY
Bontà di Latte and the Lelli Pietro Giovanni Srl dairy is a family business driven by a passion that dates back in time. Lelli Pietro began working as an apprentice in the early 1960s in a dairy in Montechiarugolo. It was there that he learnt the art of Parmigiano Reggiano and fell in love with the craft.
After completing his year of military service, he decided to return to work in the industry and opened his first dairy in San Polo di Torrile. His first years as a cheesemaker gave him the joy of creating a family with his wife Giovanna, his two children and the satisfaction of seeing the company grow.
In 1975 he was called to work as Master cheesemaker in Montechiarugolo and over 39 years, with enthusiasm and dedication, he managed to increase the production from 10 to over 60 Parmigiano Reggiano wheels per day. Today, 60 years after the first wheel, although retired, he continues to work with the help of his daughter Federica, to whom he has taught everything, and his granddaughter Nicole.
Now you will find us in Monticelli Terne, intent on creating top quality Parmigiano Reggiano for you, with the love and dedication that Pietro has been able to pass on for two generations. We don’t stop there: our passion for taste gives birth to fresh km 0 cheese, yoghurt and desserts.
TOUR PACKAGE OFFER
(reserved for participants and accompanying persons)
We offer tastings and visits to the facility with a tour that ranges from the cheese processing to the maturing process followed by a sensory experience with a tasting of our products.
Visit: € 5.00 per person; visit with tasting: € 7.00 per person Parmigiano Reggiano testing from its early stage to its oldest 36-month maturation).
The above offer is for a maximum of 10 people per group. The tour lasts approximately 60 to 90 minutes.
CONTACT
LELLI FEDERICA
Phone: 348 7022624
Email: lelli.federica@gmail.com
Website: www.bontadilatte.com
Spaccio Bonta' Di Latte
Via Montepelato Nord 73/A
Monticelli Terme - PR
VISIT THE CASTLE IN MONTECHIARUGOLO
The Montechiarugolo fortress, erected by Guido Torelli in the 15th century on the remains of the previous castle, was built for defensive purposes and still retains its warlike structure intact: loopholes, machicolations, ramparts, moat, etc. During the 16th century, it was transformed into a residence by Pomponio Torelli, a humanist, poet and author of tragedies, as well as a friend of artists such as Cesare Baglioni, whom he called to decorate the castle rooms.
The ground floor includes the entrance garden, the courtyard of honour and, the reception rooms and the magnificent loggia looking over the Enza torrent.
On the upper floor the galleries house two small prisons and what remains of Pomponio Torelli’s library, now dispersed but consisting of more than 1,000 volumes. The view from the top is remarkable.
TOUR PACKAGE OFFER
(reserved for participants and accompanying persons)
Guided tours with reduced rates for participants and accompanying persons, also for groups and outside opening hours (e.g. night tours)
CONTACT
Bianca Marchi
Phone: + 39 3334575380
Email: info@castellodimontechiarugolo.it
Website: www.castellodimontechiarugolo.it
VISIT VILLA SORAGNA:
A COUNTRY OF LAND AND INGENUITY EXHIBITION
Reconstructing the vicissitudes of a town through photographs stored in archives and kept in drawers at home, cross-referencing collective memory and private memories to tell the story of urban spaces and that of the people who passed through them. This is what we wanted to do with this exhibition, which aims to tell the story of a century of life in Collecchio.
A small community that, over the course of the 20th century, followed in the same steps as Italian history and can therefore become a symbol of it, a ‘micro' point of view from which to look at the great transformations that have swept through the entire country and which allows us to better understand and recognize them in the everyday streets, in the faces and clothes of the people who inhabited them.
CONTACT
Info: 0521-30111 / 0521-301271
cultura@comune.collecchio.pr.it
