The Cerruto family have lovingly restored this early 18th-century watermill, located in the Cava d'Ispica archaeological area. Now a museum, its collection of historic tools, utensils and furnishings offer insight into the poverty and ingenuity that underscored rural Sicilian life for centuries.
Museo Cavallo d'Ispica
Southeastern Sicily
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