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Museum of the Mill of Menicone

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District/Location: Pescaglia, locality San Martino in Freddana
District: Piana di Lucca
Address: Loc. Menicone, n. 2A, S. Martino in Freddana, Pescaglia - LU
Telephone: 0583 38090
     
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The museum exhibits manual machine, rock grindstones, water wheels and other old tools used for preparing the cereals.The Museum of the Mill of Menicone occupies the mill itself and is run by the members of the association "Friends of the Mill along the Street of the Wheat and the Chestnut, 19th century Life and Mechanics".
The building has undergone long restoration works. The mill still preserves the old rock grindstone, all the 19th century wooden tools and the equipment used for the daily work. Outside, there is the solid stone arch over which the millcourse passes while pushing the wheel. During the year, many events take place, among which there are: "Carnival at the Mill", "The Mill of Wine", in May, "the Mill of Wheat", during the harvest of wheat, and finally "the Nativity in the Mill, during Christmas holidays.
Loc. Menicone, n. 2A, S. Martino in Freddana, Pescaglia
Agricultural tools.
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