The museum is organised into five rooms located on the first floor of the 17th/ 18th-century Palazzo dei Conti Borelli in Demonte. The permanent exhibition displays photographs, writings, personal recollections as well as documents that prove the author's strong relationship with Demonte and the Stura Valley, but also her paintings and drawings, a photographic reconstruction of her Milanese studio in Via Brera and the covers of her literary works. Graziella Romano, known as Lalla Romano, was born in Demonte in 1906 into an old Piedmontese family of Jewish origin. One of the most interesting writers of the Italian 20th century, she was also a poet, journalist (for the newspapers Il Giorno and Corriere della Sera) and Italian aphorist, but she also successfully concentrated on painting. The artist died in 2001 at the age of 95 in Milan. The second floor of Palazzo Borelli houses a multi-purpose cultural centre run by the Associazione Amici di Demonte.
ADDRESS
Via Martiri e Caduti per la Libertà, 1 12014 Demonte (Cn)
OPENING DAYS
From 02/06 to 01/11 Sundays and public holidays from 14.30 to 19.00
Upon reservation for groups (minimum 15 people)
ENTRANCE
Free
INFO e CONTACTS
Associazione culturale Amici di Demonte Onlus
Tel.: 338 2086992
E-mail: amicididemonte@tiscali.it