SAN BENEDETTO PO. Restorers give the finishing touches on plaster bust of Matilda with helmet and sword that hangs over the entrance to the museum. The noble warrior, now white after cleaning, is a symbol of the country for centuries to fight with water, with tenacity and thereby capable of producing the wealth of the land and religious and cultural excellence. Water, earth and sky. A destiny seconded by the last government which gave impetus to tourism by placing the center Historically, the plaza and the monastery with the museum. To understand San Benedetto Po, in fact, just go into the museum, which occupies three wings of the Benedictine monastery. It will close its doors in December to reopen in April, the last tranche of 2 million and a half yard of one of the largest collections of ethnographic Italy. From farm to the museum. The collections were born from the passion of a group of young people in the '70s knew that the peasants threatened to go irretrievably lost. "We were shooting campaigns with a van - reminds hours Benito Benatti, 'soul' of the Friends of the Basilica - collecting what was thrown: tools, furniture, clothes. Everything. Prophetic intuition, to save an ancient memory and that the new museum will highlight. "We have over 10 thousand exhibits - explains the conservative Federico Guidetti -. But it will exhibit few, organized in teaching rooms, leaving nothing to chance. Capitalising on the container, the Benedictine complex, will be the real challenge. " A commitment that will make it even more unique museum whose common thread is the relationship with the territory. Born of the people through collections and donations, is addressed to people, schools and visitors through dialogue with local people. Because the guides are not recorded tapes, but volunteers of the Friends of the museum. People of flesh and blood who can pass on the San Benedetto forged in the Benedictine cloister, but very much alive and vegetation.
Culture and Tourism. "The museum is not a dead container. It is a factory - he smiles Benatti - and the workers are restaurants, bars, the farms in the area. " A reality that the numbers confirm this. In 2002 the offer of hospitality was 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6 in a unique Bed and Breakfast. Now the buildings are 19 to 173 beds. A boom which still goes on, linked to the Millennium Polironiano of 2007 that introduced the "Cassino of the North" and his monastery in Italy. From then on came the awards, like the one of the most beautiful villages in Italy, and projects such as the inclusion in the UNESCO list. The solid economy. The local vocation of course even more reading economic data of the Chamber of Commerce. Settecentoquarantadue companies registered at the end of September, third in agriculture, one third in 1131 and services related to tourism entrepreneurs, one in every seven people. This figure remained stable over the last three years, despite the crisis that has affected more by reducing the number of employees, workers and employees, and companies and eroding the foundation of craftsmanship. The replacement took place, as in other cities, with an increase in non-small entrepreneurs, who today are 66 against 53 for 3 years ago. Compared to 2000, the last census, the number of farms decreases, while the cultivated area remains the same, a sign of a progressive phenomenon of concentration of land. Overall, then, keeps the economy, despite some decline, due to the growth of medium-sized companies to the detriment of the small craft and agricultural land. In such a vast territory, 69 square miles, and fragmented into 8 fractions, bars and cafes, are high in number (39) as a sign of the times, the pizza (4) have passed the bakery (3). The future. The trends are already delineated. Once again return to the museum is the key. The rooms full recount of the Po and the production of Parmigiano, courts and sausage farm. Starting from the past to get to this. And looking to the future with multimedia screens, three-dimensional images, in addition to the new website and Facebook. Nearly 42 thousand visitors in 2008, the year of exhibitions the millennium, compared to 13 thousand on average. In a word: St. Benedict seeks to grow by exploiting the heritage of the past.
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