Carestia Tirozzo museum
Start your journey to discover the amazing masterpieces and art treasures housed in the museums of Valsesia and the Vercelli area: unique testimonies to the cultural, social and historical life of the area.
Carestia Tirozzo museum – Fobello
One of the largest collections of the work of Abbot Carestia, a Valsesian botanist: 1,000 sheets on phanerogams and partly cryptogams, pressed and dried, collected in Valsesia between 1854 and 1900. Delivered by the abbot himself to Dr. Tirozzo and preserved by his son, Prof. Pier Ugo, are now part of the museum, which has been donated to the CAI (Italian alpine club).
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