Description of the attraction
The Carducci House is a museum in a house that once belonged to the family of the famous Italian poet Giosué Carducci and is dedicated to his memory. It was here that the tragedy of the family unfolded - the mysterious death of Dante, the poet's younger brother. Today, within the walls of the museum, which has become a landmark of Bologna, exhibitions and various cultural and gastronomic events are regularly held. In addition, the museum houses a library of nearly 40,000 volumes and manuscripts, an archive of Carducci's personal belongings, and an information center specializing in the poet's works.
A spiral staircase leads from the hall to the upper floor, to the Carducci apartments. From the windows of his room, you can see the ring road that runs along the city walls, and a small square that bears his name. Near the house where the poet lived from 1890 to 1907, there is a small cozy garden decorated with several sculptures. One of the compositions depicts Carducci admiring nature, while the mythical faun nearby plays "an eternal symphony of loneliness with which life is full." Unfortunately, the faun's figure is seriously damaged. Another work is a huge triptych representing Carducci's early works, from Juvenilia to Barbarian Odes. Here you can also see Svoboda, riding a dark chestnut horse. The sculptures made of Carrara marble were designed by Leonardo Bistolfi. By the way, another attraction of the garden is one of the ancient city walls of Bologna, to which it adjoins.
Soon after the poet's death in 1907, Queen Margherita granted this house and the adjacent garden to Bologna and its inhabitants on the condition that a museum in memory of the most important poet of Italy of the 19th century and the Nobel Prize laureate in literature will be established here. The grateful people of Bologna fulfilled their promise - the Carducci Museum was opened in 1921.
