Chestnut Museum
A path to learn about chestnut processing, the basis of the area's economy
The Chestnut Museum in Colognora, hamlet of Pescaglia, documents the importance that the chestnut tree has had, as a raw material but also from a food point of view, in the life and work of the Lucca hinterland.
It was established after a collection of objects related to the local farming civilization had been started a few years ago. The very ancient evidence on the use of the chestnut tree in the Colognora area made the museum specialize on this very tree, a source of food as well as lumber.
In addition to the processing cycle of the chestnut tree-harvesting, drying, processing and food use, other activities related to the chestnut tree, such as the trade of the woodsman, are also illustrated.
During the visit, it is also possible to follow a path inside the village and in its immediate vicinity to visit the "metato" (chestnut drying house), charcoal pile and straw hut.
Accessibility information: regione.toscana.it
