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Ipogeo La Scalea (Palazzo Colonna) (en)
Route: Paduli
Ipogeo La Scalea (Palazzo Colonna) (en)


Situated on the corner of Via Roma and Corso Umberto I, in front of the Chiesa Matrice della Trasfigurazione, the underground oil mill, owned by Evangelista Di Seclì, is located 8 meters deep and is attached to the eighteenth-century Palazzo Colonna. The underground oil mill still retains some of the original structures and furnishings: a huge millstone, some mangers and beddings where the millers- men who left their families and living for 5-6 months period of oil production activities  inside the mill without getting out and getting the chance to see the sunlight-rested.
Corso Umberto I, 198, Taurisano

bibliography sources:
R. Orlando, Taurisano. Guida alla storia, all'arte, al folklore, Galatina 1996.

historical information:
The first structures for olive grinding and oil extractions were, in the past, underground mills or "trappeti": it deals with subterranean structures carved into the rock dedicated to the production of olive oil. The tepid environment, created thanks to the bright lights and the fermentation of the olives, facilitated the extraction of oil.
Info
property:
Private
website:
opening hours:
Closed
accessibility:
Inaccessible
period of construction:
1700
local name:
Trappeto ipogeo 'ta Scalea' o 'trappeto di Donna Marina Colonna'
historical information:
The first structures for olive grinding and oil extractions were, in the past, underground mills or "trappeti": it deals with subterranean structures carved into the rock dedicated to the production of olive oil. The tepid environment, created thanks to the bright lights and the fermentation of the olives, facilitated the extraction of oil.
bibliography sources:
R. Orlando, Taurisano. Guida alla storia, all'arte, al folklore, Galatina 1996.
num gps:
30
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