{"id":22536,"date":"2020-11-30T11:04:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/luigi-illica-museum\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:22:41","slug":"luigi-illica-museum","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/luigi-illica-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Luigi Illica Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Museum opened in July 1998 and it is dedicated to the poet and playwright, <strong>Luigi Illica<\/strong>, citizen of <a href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/places\/castellarquato\/\">Castell&#8217;Arquato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among his most famous librettoes:<strong> Tosca, Madame Butterfly<\/strong> and many more.<\/p>\n<h3>The Museum<\/h3>\n<p>The museum is divided into 3 sections:life, works, witness.<br \/>\nIt preserves scores, ancient editions of librettoes, costumes, sculptures, photographies portraying Illica and the famous composers he worked with during his intense and adventurous life. There are also letters to and from famous people of the time.<br \/>\nIt is made of three rooms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <strong>first<\/strong> one displays all the information about Illica&#8217;s biography,<\/li>\n<li>in the <strong>second<\/strong> one there are two sections: one dedicated to drama, the other one to Illica&#8217;s librettist activity. He wrote 37 librettos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Museum was inaugurated in July 1998 and dedicated to the poet and playwright, Luigi Illica, citizen of Castellarquato in the 20th century.Among his most famous librettoes: Tosca, Madame Butterfly and many more. The museum is divided into 3 sections:life, works, witness; it preserves scores, ancient editions of librettoes, costumes, sculptures, photographies portraying Illica and the famous composers he worked with during his intense and adventurous life. There are also letters to and from famous people of the time. It is made of three rooms: the first one displays all the information about Illica\u2019s biography, in the second one there are two sections:one dedicated to drama, the other one to Illica\u2019s librettist activity: he wrote 37 librettos.","protected":false},"featured_media":18750,"template":"","territorio":[935],"categorie_arte_e_cultura":[922],"class_list":["post-22536","arte-e-cultura","type-arte-e-cultura","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","territorio-val-darda-en","categorie_arte_e_cultura-museums-and-galleries"],"acf":{"orario":"<p><strong>Tuesday &#8211; Sunday:\u00a0<\/strong> Upon reservation (visit available at 4 pm)<\/p>\n","tariffe":"<p>Admission prices:<br \/>\nEuro 2.50<\/p>\n<p>Reduced prices:<br \/>\nEuro 2,00  (children under 12, over 65 anni, groups over 25 people, teachers visiting)<\/p>\n","contatti_iat":[{"contatto_iat":"telephone","valore":"+39.0523.803215"},{"contatto_iat":"email","valore":"iatcastellarquato@gmail.com"}],"location":{"lat":"44.851579","lng":"9.868276 ","address":"Via Sforza Caolzio"},"accessibilita_disabili":"","chiusura_settimanale":"Monday","iat":33740,"localita":33122},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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