"Peppone and Don Camillo" Museum

Address and contacts

Centro Culturale San Benedetto
Via De Amicis, 2 - 42041 Brescello
0039 0522 482564
ufficioturismo@comune.brescello.re.it
Visit Brescello

Opening times

All days
10.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.; 2.30 - 6.00 p.m.

Prices

The entrance ticket is cumulative and includes the entrance into the "Brescello and Guareschi, territory and cinema" Museum, Peppone and Don Camillo Museum and "Albino Umiltà" Roman Archaeological Museum.
€ 6.00 - adults
€ 4.00 - reduced: people aged 6-18, people over 65, university students, conventions and agreements, groups composed of over 25 people.
Free - people aged 0-5, disabled, teachers with school groups, tour guides, journalists, residents in Brescello.

How to get there

Brescello

By car
National Road SS62 (Mantua to Parma).

By train
From the train station of Reggio Emilia: train to Guastalla and then train Suzzara-Parma.

By bus
From Reggio Emilia, Piazzale Europa: public transport service bus No. 93.

Historical notes

The museum is managed by the Pro Loco association.
At Brescello were shot five films, from 1951 to 1965, whose inspiration was drawn from the famous characters created by writer Giovanni Guareschi and played by Fernandel and Gino Cervi. In the museum are kept many relics linked to the production of the films (e.g. Fernandel's cassock, Peppone's motorbike, and so on). In the large square in front of the museum is placed the tank that appeared in a famous scene of one of the films; the bell that fell on Peppone's head is now hanging from a beam under the arcade along via Giglioli. The famous talking Crucified is now kept in a side chapel of the S. Maria Maggiore church. All the films are repeatedly shown during the visit. Tourists can buy Guareschi's books, copies of dvds of several films, the "Lambrusco Don Camillo" wine and local typical cakes as the "Spongata" or the "Zuffe".