The M.A.C. (Chieri Archaeological Exhibition) illustrates materials excavated by the Gruppo Archaeological dei Giovani Esploratori (Archeological Group of Young Explorers) and a selection of artefacts recovered from stratigraphical analysis conducted over time under the supervision of the Regional Archeological Authority. The artefacts are from the Roman age through to the Leggi tutto…
The Municipal Historical Archives of Chieri conserve the most ancient documents of the town. The oldest document dates back to 1194 and is an alliance treaty with the town of Asti. The documents are very varied. There are the minutes of the council (from 1328), accountancy registers, taxation books and Leggi tutto…
The textile museum is a place where you can see looms, warping machines, measurement and weight instruments, watercolour sketches, books, magazines, graduate thesis and old and modern catalogues of patterns. The textile museum in Chieri was founded in 1996. It is rich in equipment from Medieval times to the XX Leggi tutto…
The local history section of the Public Library holds around 10,000 volumes dedicated to the Chieri and Turin area, to the Piedmont province and to the regions, covering a wide range of subjects. The collection of Chieri periodicals begins in1873 with the “Cittadino Chierese” (the “Chieri Citizen”) and thanks to Leggi tutto…
The concept of landscape was created in Italy, a harmonious fusion of nature and culture. Chieri also possesses a large capital of beauty and natural biodiversity, some of it now altered and eroded. It is an area rich in visible elements that are an integral part of the history and Leggi tutto…