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Torre del Greco Maritime Museum
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Tools used for woodworking, an activity the shipyards of Torre del Greco were specialised in, hang on one wall.
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A specific section is dedicated to the Italian Navy and to the extraordinary feat of the explorer Ajmone Cat, the first Italian to reach the Antarctic by sailboat. The famous boat, "San Giuseppe Due", was built in Torre del Greco. The crew of the first Italian Antarctic sailing expedition, which reached the Antarctic Circle, set out from here on 1 July 1973.
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A rich photographic repertoire is dedicated to the shipowners of Torre del Greco, with vintage photos of an extraordinary saga that was the cornerstone of the town's economy and well-being in the nineteenth century and in the first decades of the last century.
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Also on display at the museum are the typical types of Torre del Greco boats, above all those used for coral fishing, no longer in use, with the so-called "ingegno", the device used to recover the nets with which the corals were gathered from the seabed.
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One of the aims of this museum is, through objects and images, to provide young people with anthropological references to the maritime tradition of Torre del Greco, which risk being lost. Indeed, the Museum is both historical and educational, custodian of the collective memory of the town of Torre del Greco, for centuries dedicated to the sea.
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A specific section is dedicated to the Italian Navy and to the extraordinary feat of the explorer Ajmone Cat, the first Italian to reach the Antarctic by sailboat. The famous boat, "San Giuseppe Due", was built in Torre del Greco. The crew of the first Italian Antarctic sailing expedition, which reached the Antarctic Circle, set out from here on 1 July 1973.
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The anthropological records regarding "Seafarers" can be consulted using a monitor. An original video documenting the work of the last coral fishermen along the coasts of Sardinia is extremely interesting.
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The small Maritime Museum of Torre del Greco is located in the historic State Railways building . In the museum you can admire reconstructions, original objects and documents related to the maritime history of Torre del Greco, with special reference to the art of coral fishing.
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