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Museo di Storia Locale "Ildebrando Imberciadori" ["Ildebrando Imberciadori" Museum of Local History]

The Museum illustrates the history, traditions and customs of the Castle of Montepescali, a free city starting from 1147, which was then conquered by Siena in 1300. The exhibition includes archaeological findings, musical instruments, a guillotine, various documents, tools typical of the local peasants' civilisation and parts of ancient clockworks.

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Texts by Graziano Magrini

English translation by Catherine Frost

Last update 28/feb/2008