Art building, works in stone, marble, wrought iron and carved wood. They are imported the typical handicraft workings of the country, between the end of 1400 and 1732, from the Lombardic masters, recall to you in mass from the committenze of the bourgeoisie of the place, picked and also rich, thanks above all to the development of the ovine breedings. The mogli of the craftsmen they carried with himself, to they time, the working of the lace to tombolo and the carpet. In the 1732 Pescocostanzo it counted 1890 inhabitants: very 145 of they were craftsmen, a class that contributed to the economic and cultural increase of the community. Also the working of the filigree, only not to come from the Lombardy, counted great masters. To first dell800 but, for the changed living conditions and the progressive separation of the bourgeois class, lesodo of the artisan class, already begun in the first half of the 700, it was emphasized, but not to the point to make to disappear lartigianato pescolano. Still today in fact they are many and alive the botteghe of the country: the tombolo, rinvigorito from the recent institution of one communal school for the formation of young people trinaie; the filigree, that it counts on the little most skillful ones orafi in a position to realizing authentications works darte. Less numerous they are instead the botteghe of the fabbri and the carved wood, while the craftsmen of the marble and the stone are nearly of the all emigrated passings or.To resume the thread broken of one great practical and oral tradition in order to transfer to the new generations the secrets dellarte of the lace. With this spirit it has been founded to Pescocostanzo the communal lace school to tombolo, al time same institution, recovery of identity and aware appropriation of the knowledge once. Objective: to maintain, to increase and to hand on a feminine patrimony that are not only one yield source but also, and above all, one of the highest shapes than cultural identity of the country. The classics designs of the pescolano lace from the giara allaquila, from the rose to the fish allow therefore, still today and to thanks to the school (NATO in 1992), to the merlettaie of new generation, to practice this true and own art, coming unhooked themselves from same the fine folklore if in which lartigianato it often risks to falling, in order riproporre, also in modern key, one ancient tradition.
For information: Lace school to tombolo of common of Pescocostanzo the Palace of the Governor, Public square Town hall, 67033 Pescocostanzo (AQ) tel. 0864/641418-640003