Best places: Local history museums in Otranto, Italy

Multimedia demonstration in a historic stone house detailing the history of the Sassi & Matera.

👍👍 A dive into the ancient traditions of our grandparents. The entrance ticket costs €4 and it takes less than an hour to visit. It collects tools, documents, tools, environments, testimonies of a past of work and sacrifices. You really have to look at every little corner because it can tell a story.

👍👍 When we arrived we weren't sure they were ready for us. It needs booking in advance. The father of the family gave us superb audiovisual guides in English.. He then accompanies you around the museum and at first we thought this was odd but then realised that at each stop he added either an explanati...

Large, interconnected trulli house turned museum for regional history, culture & architecture.

👍👍 The rear part of the Monreale Cathedral is a wonderful example of Sicilian Arab art. The three apses have intertwined arches enriched with polychrome decorations obtained from the truly valuable use of limestone and lava stones together with red bricks by the artists of the time. Luckily for us we w...

👍👍 Museo interessantissimo e ben curato. Un museo da cui ogni comune del Salento dovrebbe prenderne esempio. Complimenti anche alle ragazze e ai ragazzi che si prodigano a mantenere viva la storia del nostro territorio.

👍👍 ASI headquarters in Bari. Welcoming and with very helpful and attentive staff. You can admire many perfectly restored jewels of the past

👍👍 È veramente toccante osservare il senso di accoglienza altruismo e integrazione che ha visto coinvolti pochi decenni fa i nostri predecessori, in momenti, oltremodo, di crisi e povertà post bellica, nelle cui fotografie, quasi paradossalmente, non manca il sorriso impresso come testimonianza di qual...

😠 Coming to Margherita di Savoia to visit the museum and discover it closed without even a sign outside... despite the website (evidently updated to prehistory) saying that it is open from 7pm to 11pm... it disappoints me greatly and suggests poor communication management to the public.

👍👍 I recommend visiting the museum to fully understand the spirit and lifestyle of the inhabitants of San Giovanni in Fiore as well as the genius of the liber figurarum created by Gioacchino da Fiore. In fact, with a single ticket you can visit both museums. The visit is even more interesting thanks to...