Museo del Sale
The famous Salt Museum of Trapani is located in the middle of the Saline Nature Reserve of Trapani. It is situated along the route known as the Salt Road, a tourist and cultural project created with the intent of enhancing the coastal area of West Sicily, with its particular moist environment, salt pits and mills.
The museum is located inside a former farm of the Seventeenth century, which was used for the grinding of salt, thanks to its large windmill. It collects and preserves the ancient tools used by people working there.
Among the most characteristic objects you can find in the Salt Museum of Trapani, there are the old machineries used to compact the bottom of the salt marshes, the "cattedri" or baskets to carry the salt, the wooden paddles of the old mills otherwise called "ntinni," the spiral or Archimedes’ screw ("fridda") to suck the water out of the tank, the wooden strips or "tagghia" to measure salt, and also jute bags. Then there is the wagon-barrel, which was attached to a mule and used to carry water to the workers from one tank to another. Other objects include the heavy millstone used in the refining process, and even nets and traps, since quality fishes such as sea breams and sea basses are breed in these salt pools.
Museo del Sale
The famous Salt Museum of Trapani is located in the middle of the Saline Nature Reserve of Trapani. It is situated along the route known as the Salt Road, a tourist and cultural project created with the intent of enhancing the coastal area of West Sicily, with its particular moist environment, salt pits and mills.
The museum is located inside a former farm of the Seventeenth century, which was used for the grinding of salt, thanks to its large windmill. It collects and preserves the ancient tools used by people working there.
Among the most characteristic objects you can find in the Salt Museum of Trapani, there are the old machineries used to compact the bottom of the salt marshes, the "cattedri" or baskets to carry the salt, the wooden paddles of the old mills otherwise called "ntinni," the spiral or Archimedes’ screw ("fridda") to suck the water out of the tank, the wooden strips or "tagghia" to measure salt, and also jute bags. Then there is the wagon-barrel, which was attached to a mule and used to carry water to the workers from one tank to another. Other objects include the heavy millstone used in the refining process, and even nets and traps, since quality fishes such as sea breams and sea basses are breed in these salt pools.