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Behind
Piazza Fontana di Trevi at the foot of the
Quiranal Hill is a unique Museum, the
National Pasta Museum, which covers the eight centuries
of history of this staple and quintessentially
Italian dish in eleven display rooms,
with a view to promoting it as a nutritionally valid
and economical alternative in order to resolve the
world food crisis.
Opened
in 1993 with the aid of the Vincenzo Agnesi Foundation,
the museum contains a varied collection of
material, which ranges from old machinery
and traditional implements, such as rolling
pins and sieves, to documentation of the
subject in the form of antique prints, drawings,
edicts and documents regarding taxes
on pasta over the centuries.
From
the wheat to the finished product all
the phases of manufacture (traditional and industrial),
from blending to drying, are covered in
the different rooms, illustrated by machines which range
from the first rudimentary millstones (such as
the kneading machine, which served to homogenize
the mixture of ground wheat and water) to the modern
mixers and the revolutionary invention of
drying techniques, which have made it possible to keep
pasta for years on end and thus to export it
throughout the world.
The early
history of modern bread-making techniques, creation
of the format and baking, which were the heirs of the
traditional techniques, have been brought back to life
and placed in their historical context through the reconstruction
of a proper pasta factory of the early industrial
age, consisting of five machines in perfect
working order, and documents dating back to 1154 bear
witness to the length of the pasta-making tradition
in Italy and the trading of pasta with
Muslim countries.
This
is therefore a little jewel in the history
of Italian custom, which may also be savoured in
its entertaining references in the world of cinema
and theatre, to which two of the rooms are devoted.
These
contain the irresistible photos of Totς
and Alberto Sordi, and also items of interest
such as the "container full of macaroni" bequeathed
in a manuscript of 1279, alongside the works
of modern artists inspired by the subject: Crista,
Latella, Scaglone, Penel and
Di Raco.
Information
and Addresses
Address
Piazza Scanderbeg, 117
Visiting
Hours Every day from 9.30 am to 5.00 pm Closed Dec.
25, Jan. 1
Telephone
06 6991119; Fax 06 6991109
Price
10,00; concessions 7,00
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