Guided Tours of the “Il Cardello” House Museum

The Cardello, now a museum house, is the house where Faenza writer Alfredo Oriani spent most of his life and wrote all his works, in Casola Valsenio.

“Il Cardello” is located in Casola Valsenio and is a splendid example of a 19th-century Romagna manor house, still furnished with original furniture and furnishings, just as Luisa Pifferi, daughter-in-law of the writer Alfredo and the last to inhabit the house, left it.

In the attic, set up with agricultural tools from the estate (Oriani was a proud winemaker), is preserved the bicycle with which the writer, considered somewhat the father of “bicycle touring,” made the nearly 1,000-kilometer solo journey between Romagna and Tuscany in 1897 that inspired one of his most beloved works, “The Bicycle.”

The Museum is open during the following days and hours:
– from April 4 to June 30: Saturdays from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Sundays and holidays from 2:30 PM to 7:00 PM
– from July 1 to September 30: Saturdays from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Sundays and holidays from 2:30 PM to 7:00 PM
– from October 1 to 31: Saturdays from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Sundays from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

The visit to the Museum is enriched by the presence of a guide who will share the history of Oriani and his family, as well as the secrets of the house.
Admission is by guided tour only, departing every hour.

Free for children up to 11 years old
Adults: €5.00
Admission outside opening hours by reservation for groups of at least 12 people.

For information
+39 0546 71044
ilcardello@imolafaenza.it
iat.rioloterme@imolafaenza.it

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