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Piazza Chiavanna, 1, 10050 Moncenisio
Moncenisio, or better known as Ferrera, is one of the smallest municipalities in Italy and the Susa Valley, hanging from the Moncenisio hill and suspended at almost 1500 meters above sea level over the Cenischia Valley. Always linked to transits on the Via Francigena, and at Colle del Moncensio it has always been at the crossroads of historical events and undertakings: from the passage of Napoleon, to the construction of high altitude trenches, to the Moncenisio dam to the construction of the Fell alpine railway .
To testify and document the past of this village serving the Colle, the Le Terre al Confine Ecomuseum was founded in 2003, one of the 25 ecomuseums recognized by the Piedmont Region: it evokes an important past whose testimonies are still clearly visible in the landscape of Ferrera thanks an eco-museum visit itinerary. The ancient Municipal House is the starting point for experiences of knowledge of the territory and a meeting place for the community with the municipal library, the Documentation Center of the Lands on the Border and the space for conferences and exhibitions. The second floor is entirely dedicated to the theme of community through the display of objects that offer a glimpse of the daily life of a recent past linked to mountain crafts: milk processing, haymaking, old school benches, traditional costumes feminine and masculine.
A section is also dedicated to the fauna and flora that still inhabit this band of mountain area in the woods surrounding Moncenisio: ibex, wild boars, foxes, hares, squirrels and many others that find their habitat in nature. The eco-museum itinerary of Moncenisio continues through the ancient mill, the oven and the wash house, places where the community met, which during the Christmas period come alive with a historic nativity scene, and continues near the chapel of San Giuseppe (18th century) which contains some precious panels of the Via Crucis created by the most important contemporary Piedmontese artists coordinated by the painter Lia Laterza: Tino Aime, Gabriel Girardi, Vinicio Perugia, Fernando Eandi to name a few. In April the patronal feast dedicated to St. George the Martyr still sees women in traditional costume accompanying the procession with the statue of the patron saint (23 April).
