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The Bagpipe capital
Scapoli name is connected to the Latin names of “Scopulus” and “Scapulae”,
which mean “rock” and “descent”. However its original name was Castrum
Scappili and its origin was joined to the colonization process of San Vincenzo al
Volturno Abbey. Today Scapoli is the capital of the bagpipe, the ancient instrument
of the pastoral tradition, which is just produced
and sold in Fontecostanza hamlet. There
is a monument of the “Piper” in a pleasant
little square of the village. Scapoli is also a
medioeval village with its panoramic
“Cammino di Ronda”. Interesting is the side
portal of the S. Giorgio Church. Here you can
find a tipical raviolo made of pasta, sausages
and vegetables.
The Bagpipe Museum
The Bagpipe Museum is housed in Palazzo
Mancini, a building easily visible from the central
and picturesque Piazza dei Martiri. It was
created using funds from law 64/86 and officially
inaugurated on the 28th July 2002. Inside
a large hall, there are a lots of extremely precious
instruments, bought from all over the
world, displayed in glass cases. The jewels in
the crown are the Scapolese bagpipes and
those from Sicily, Sardinia, Lombardy,
Piedmont, Puglia, Veneto and Calabria, together
with very fine instruments from Croatia,
Istria, France, Ireland, Scotland,
Macedonia, Turkey, England, Anatolia,
Greece, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Spain,
Slovakia, Romania, Kurdistan, Azerbaijan and
even as far as India, an aboriginal region of
Australia, Bali, Tibet, Mongolia, China, Argentina,
Ande, Perù, Vietnam, Cambodia and Senegal.
The Mu.C.I.L.
The MU.C.I.L. (Corpo Italiano di Liberazione
Museum) is a standing collection of the finds
and the historical documents about the Second
World War found out in Scapoli’s area. Scapoli
1943-44 Association with Scapoli’s government wan-
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Zampogna moderna
costruita dal maestro
Piero Ricci.
(Foto T. Paolone)
ted its institution. The Museum’s curiosities concern the flag and the hats which
the members of the Italian Alpine troops used in the Monte Marrone conquest. In
the show-cases there are the uniforms and others pieces belonged to the
American, Italian, French, Maghrebi and German troops. Remarkable is also the
photographic index.