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The Pickling Factory

The imposing eel pickling factory at Comacchio has reopened its doors
The Pickling Factory

A piece of the delta's history returns to its former splendour to celebrate a past too important to be forgotten. Life in the Valli was hard, a life spent between the ubiquitous water and the meagre patches of flat land, searching for eels and fish to survive.

The Museo dei Fuochi tells of these affairs with its twelve functioning chimneys that served to give the eel that characteristic cooking that has put it back on modern menus.

The fires, the spits (until a few decades ago turned by the courageous women of Comacchio), the ancient structures and the barrels have all been restored to recreate the fascinating storyline of a territory interwoven with legends and truths.

A museum that is not just a place to visit, but also a symbol that allows us to fully understand the true conditions of a land constantly struggling with itself.

Opening




From November until February
from 09:30 to 13:00 and from 14:30 to 18:00
Sundays and holidays from 10.00 to 17.00
Closed on Monday

From March to June / September to October
from 09.30 to 13:00 to 15:00 to 18:30
Closed on Monday

July and August
Open everyday from 09:30 to 13:00 and from 15.00 to 18:30.

 

Price


Full entry ticket 3.00 €
Reduced entry ticket 2.00 € for people who are older than 65, groups with over 25 people and people under 18 (from 11 to 17 years old).
Free entry for residents of the municipalities that are members of the Po Delta Park (Comacchio, Goro,Codigoro, Ostellato, Mesola, Argenta, Ravenna,Cervia and Alfonsine);
Free entry for disabled people and their chaperones, children under 11 only if accompanied
by their parents, militaries, card-holding journalists and card-holding tour guides.

Free

  • Up to age 11 (with parents)
  • Tourist guides
  • Conscripts

Contacts

Information office

Iat - R Ufficio Informazioni e Accoglienza Turistica Comacchio

Comacchio
Via Agatopisto, 2/a c/o Settecentesco Ospedale degli Infermi
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