Museo della civiltà contadina e delle tradizioni popolari del Salento, Tuglie

“The  Museum, founded in 1982, is located in the seventeenth-century  ducal palace of Tuglie and  preserves in 16 rooms a  substantial collection of evidence of peasant civilization  from the  17th century to the Second World War. Tools  used by peasants, carpenters, coopers, blacksmiths,  farriers, carpenters,  daily use objects and  children’s toys are on display. Several rooms have been furnished respecting  their original purpose: pots, dishes and various containers  in a  monumental cast iron kitchen; instruments  used  for weaving  and  a 18th-century loom in the bedroom, and similarly for the wine press, laundry and private chapel.

The  feature  that  makes  the  Tuglie Museum  surprising  and evocative, although it is set right in the historic center, among a maze of alleys, winding streets and courtyards, dominating the main square of the village, is the immediate countryside. It actually has 10,000 sq.m. of green spaces, where visitors can see: orchards, biopark, medieval rock settlement, viewpoint and botanical garden.