Olive Oil Museum of Chiaramonte Gulfi

The museum is housed in the basement of the Montesano Palace, in seven rooms, with barrel vaults; in these environments, there are olive oil extraction technology instruments. A press from 1614, a stone millstone, jars, oil measuring instruments, and hundreds of various tools and utensils. Everyday objects and ingenious devices, specific to rural images and environments.

The heart of the ancient peasant civilization is portrayed, in that mythical time of memory that unfolds before the visitor with its ingenuity and its hardships.