MUSEUMS
MUSEUM HOURS SORAGNA
ROCCA MELI LUPI CASTLE
FROM April 1st to October 15th: 9am - 11am* / 3pm - 6pm*
FROM Oct.16th to March 31st: 9am - 11am* / 2.30pm - 5.30pm*
(tour ever hour * time of last entrance)
* CLOSED: Non-holiday Mondays
Tel: +39 0524 597 978
F. LEVI JEWISH MUSEM AND SINAGOGA
FROM Tuesday to Friday : 10am – 12am / 3pm – 5pm
SUNDAYS: 10am – 12.30pm / 2.30pm – 6pm
* Closed Saturdays and Jewish holidays
TEL & FAX: +39 0524 599 399 - CELL: +39 331 923 0750
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PARMESAN REGGIANO CHEESE MUSEUM
FROM March 1st to December 8th
* Saturday, Sunday and holidays: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm; 3:00 - 6.00 pm
* From Monday to Friday: group reservations
From December to February
* Closed - Open only for group reservations
Tel: +39 0524 596129
E-mail: prenotazioni.parmigiano@museidelcibo.it
FARMING CULTURE & CIVILIZATION MUSEUM
Open all year on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
10:00 am - 1:00 pm; 3:00 - 6.00 pm
Weekdays open by appointment-only for Groups (with booking).
Contact: Mauro Parizzi - Tel: +39 3283643299
Jewish Synagogue & Museum "F. Levi"
The Jewish Museum "Fausto Levi z.l." in Soragna and the Jewish Community of Parma promote cultural events each year including courses, concerts, competitions for schools, meetings for dialogue, discussion and spirituality between different entities in the local territory.
The Synogogue is open on the second floor of the building.
The neo-classical style temple with elegant columns and Corinthian capitals (stucco A.Rusca) was built in 1855. Interesting paintings decorate the ceilings in false relief with floral decorations and depictions of biblical symbolism; the work of the local artist Giuseppe Levi. Exquisit for its neoclassical-empirical style doors depicting the Holy Ark doors where rolls of the Bible are kept. The grates of the Matroneum (women's gallery) as well as the adorning large candlesticks are gold gilded bronze casting. The Jewish synagogue houses an interesting museum with furniture and documents originating from disappearances from the Jewish community.
Hours from Tuesday to Friday: 10am -12pm / 3pm - 5pm
Hours on Sunday: 10 am - 12:30 pm / 3pm - 6pm
CLOSED Saturdays
Synagogue & Museum - Fausto Levi - Soragna
Via Cavour, 43 - 43019 Soragna (PR) Italy
Farming Culture & Civilisation Museum
The "Museum of Farming Culture & Civilization" in Soragna is located in a structure once the ancient dairy farm "Castellazzi" which has belonged to the Meli Lupi family for centuries. As requested by the Municipality, the structure has remained a unique example of the local area, displaying an interesting collection of rural and domestic history. The museum makes use of the considerable amount of material made ​​available by the well-known and passionate collector Mauro Parizzi, a local character, who has long used his free time researching and restoring. He alone has managed to give new life to several thousands of tools and objects that characterize the labour done in rural ancient times and more contemporary pasts; directly from the people of the fields and within the walls of their houses.
Located next to to the Museum of Parmigiano Reggiano, open Saturdays and Sundays, free of charge (see 'Open to the Public' in the previous paragraph for details)
Toys and games available for kids.
Parmigiano Reggiano Museum
" ... And there was a mountain of grated parmesan, on top of which were people who were making naught else but macaroni and ravioli and cooking them in capon broth, and then they were throwing them down, and the more one could grab, the more one had... "
Or so exclaims Giovanni Boccaccio in the Decameron, the King of Cheeses, which is worth celebrating in Soragna thanks to the Museum of Parmigiano Reggiano.
Just outside an old castle you will discover everything there is to know about this masterpiece of taste, from the Middle Ages to the present day, thanks to ancient tools and absolutely evocative surroundings. The, you can finally enjoy a well-deserved tasting, which ends your visit in the best possible way.
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Open to the public:
(Parmigiano Reggiano Museum
Farming Culture & Civilisation Museum):
From March 1st to December 8th
* Saturday, Sunday and holidays: 10am - 1pm / 3pm - 6pm
* From Monday to Friday: by group reservation
From December to February
* Closed - Open only for group reservation
Visit with tasting (drinks excluded):
* Full price: € 5.00
* Reduced price: € 4.00 for groups (15 person minimum ), adults over 65 years, card holders
Visit without tasting
* Reduced € 3.00 schools and primary schools, children aged 6-12 years
* Free for people with dissabilities and their carertakers, caretaker groups and school groups, journalists, children under 6 years old
Guided tours
For groups up to 25 people: € 20.00 in addition to the entrance fee. Reservations are required
Information and Reservations
(Reservations required for groups and schools)
Parmigiano-Reggiano Museum
Via Volta, 5 Soragna (PR) 43019 - Italy
Tel: +39.0524.596129
E-mail: prenotazioni.parmigiano@museidelcibo.it
Farming Culture and Civilization Museum
'TENUTA CASTELLAZZI' Via dei Mille, Soragna (PR) 43019 - Italia
Conact: Mauro Parizzi - Tel: 3283643299
The Museum is open all year round.:
Saturdayt, Sunday, and Public Holidays: 10.00 - 13.00; 15.00 - 18.00
Weekdays open only for groups by reservation.