Scuola Enologica G.B. Cerletti e Museo Manzoni

Conegliano's G.B. Cerletti institute was established in 1876 as Italy's first school of enology. The Manzoni Museum preserves the scientific instruments and materials of Luigi Manzoni, whose research at the school included the grape crosses named for him.

Why it matters

The school joined agricultural education with research into wine and grape cultivation. Its history connects Conegliano to the development of Italian enology, while the museum documents the work of professor Luigi Manzoni, who taught and researched at the institute from 1912 to 1958.

What to notice

The museum brings together instruments, botanical and scientific collections, microscope slides, documents and manuscripts associated with Manzoni's work. The campus also preserves the Aula Magna, decorated by Antonio Maria Morera, and the Bottega del Vino, opened in 1927 for the school's fiftieth anniversary.

Context and history

The school's origins trace to an agricultural education project begun by Francesco Gera in 1864. Antonio Carpenè and Giovanni Battista Cerletti helped advance the proposal, and a royal decree established the school in 1876 with Cerletti as its first director. The present institute building, designed by Bernardo Carpenè, opened in 1924. The school took Cerletti's name in 1936; the Manzoni Museum opened in 2016.