Forge, museum mill and hydroelectric power station

PROGRAM

 

MORNING:

Guided tour of the Forge museum.
On the lower floor you will be able to admire a fully functioning medieval forge, while on the upper floor you will be able to access the collection of mining finds found during excavations in the Campolungo iron mine (over 1200 ml).
There will be a demonstration of forging in the traditional way.
Here the Blacksmiths will enchant visitors by producing objects of various kinds, a unique opportunity of its kind.

Guided tour of the Mill Museum still functioning thanks to the energy of water dating back to 1400 and the adjoining housing structure, a true ethnographic museum.
Guided tour of some sections of the Vaso Rè, an extraordinary work of medieval hydraulic engineering, a source of energy for the various factories in the town of Bienno.

 

LUNCH:

12.30 with the possibility of indoor lunch

 

AFTERNOON:

You will be able to visit a modern hydroelectric power station and discover how water can become an inexhaustible source of energy.

 

RATES AND COSTS:

Recommended for secondary schools and technical institutes;

Duration: h. 5.00;

info: 3450484986

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