Ancient Rice Mill - Frascarolo

Situated inside the complex of the Farmer's Museum of Frascarolo, it contains the equipment of the Zelaschi Rice Mill.

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The Zelaschi Rice Mill, donated by professor Wilma Zelaschi, was inaugurated inside the Museum in May 2008.
The Zelaschi rice mill was active in Mede from the beginning of the 1900s until the 31st of December 1992.
The machineries were taken apart from the original setting and reassembled following the working order; some panel show the original situation while other show the different processing phases.

 

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