Museo dei segni sul legno

The Museum of the signs on the wood is arise within its historical center, the only one in Sardinia. His birth was favored by the major role that the woodwork had Mandrolisai throughout the territory, thanks to the strong presence of an intense forestation characterized by holm oaks and chestnut trees above. The woodwork also continued during the long winters, where the teacher and students gathered in the workshops during these cold periods. In these places they were born objects and tools that are widely used in many activities, including domestic ones. They are often executed with great precision and sometimes adorned with engravings or paintings. Manufactures make a special documentary and historical value as evidence of a specific culture belonging to the reality of Sorgono last century. All these works, wood and iron, are of different ages, but they have a common history having been kept together for a long time in the laboratory of Antonio Sau. The goal of the museum is to preserve the traditions of the people arise and around the Mandrolisai. It was created with the goal of providing the community with a building dedicated to craftsmanship of the wood. In addition to being a real museum also it represents a documentation center and carving wood engraving, thanks to the collection donated to the City by the Master Antonio Sau family. The imposing structure is characterized by a truss system that sustains the beams, joists and planks. The building consists of two levels. The main entrance is located on the first floor of the museum, where there is a permanent exhibition in the main hall and into a room adjacent to it. In ground floor, from which you enter the garden, there is another room that will be equipped for the realization of a carving workshop. In front of the garden there is an old seventeenth-century granite fountain very beautiful Pisan origin, rightly called "Funtana You".