Museo del Vino

The Wine Museum at the Abbey of Fiastra occupies the complex's historic cellars and interprets the abbey's agricultural heritage.

Why it matters

The museum connects the Cistercian community's farming history with wine production in the surrounding valley. Its cellar setting preserves the physical spaces once used to store agricultural produce.

What to notice

The museum occupies vaulted cellars beneath the church. Nearby, the sala delle oliere preserves floor channels associated with the handling of oil and displays archaeological finds from the Roman city of Urbs Salvia.

Context and history

Cistercian monks founded the Abbey of Fiastra in 1142 and developed the surrounding land for agriculture. After the abbey's medieval period, the estate passed through the hands of commendatory abbots, the Jesuits and the Giustiniani Bandini family. The historic cellars now form part of the abbey's museum complex.