Casa Museo Marino Moretti

Casa Moretti in Cesenatico preserves the canal-side home of poet Marino Moretti, together with its furnishings, books and autograph manuscripts. Moretti left the house and its contents to the municipality, creating a literary archive that documents both his work and his daily life.

Why it matters

Moretti was born in Cesenatico in 1885 and became one of the leading poets associated with the Italian crepuscolari. His personal library and papers connect the house with the literary history of the early twentieth century. The collection also reflects a close relationship between writer and hometown: Moretti lived and worked in the house and left it to the city at his death in 1979.

What to notice

The furnishings and everyday objects preserve the character of a writer's home, while books and manuscripts show the range of Moretti's literary and scholarly interests. His early collections include Fraternità (1905), Poesie scritte col lapis (1910) and Il giardino dei frutti (1915). Later work includes L'ultima estate (1969) and Le poverazze (1973). Together, the domestic setting and the papers form an archive of a long literary career.

Context and history

Moretti was born on 18 July 1885 to Ettore, a shipowner, and Filomena, a schoolteacher. After studying in Ravenna and Bologna, he left formal studies in 1901 for Luigi Rasi's acting school in Florence, where he met Aldo Palazzeschi. His poetry and fiction often drew on provincial life; from 1923 he also collaborated with Corriere della Sera. Moretti died in the house on 6 July 1979, leaving the residence, library and papers to Cesenatico. The house now serves as a literary archive and study centre dedicated to twentieth-century Italian literature.