The House of Luigi Pirandello in Agrigento is a genuine place of the heart.
Here, in a countryside contrada called “Caos” on the edge of a sheer drop down to the sea, you will be surrounded by memories of the ingenious Sicilian Nobel Prize for Literature winner.
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Opening times
Open every day
- House Museum
from Monday to Sunday 9.00 - 19.30
25 February 9.00 - 13.30
Last admission 30 minutes before closing time - Pirandello's Tomb
from 9.00 to one hour before sunset - Library
From Monday to Friday 8.30 - 13.30 | Wednesday and Thursday 15.00 - 18.00
- House Museum
- Web Luigi Pirandello House Museum
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Feature List
- Info line
- Wheelchair accessible
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Accessibility
The Museum is wheelchair accessible
BRIEF HISTORY OF LUIGI PIRANDELLO HOUSE MUSEUM IN AGRIGENTO
Built in the late 18th century on the border between the municipalities of Agrigento and Porto Empedocle, the house was home to the Pirandello family from 1867 when they moved there to escape a violent cholera epidemic that blighted Sicily that year.
Luigi was born and brought up here before leaving his beloved Sicily to continue his studies in Rome. The House Museum was declared a national monument in 1949 and purchased by the Region of Sicily, which oversaw its restoration and refurbishment in 1952.
VISITING LUIGI PIRANDELLO HOUSE MUSEUM
A visit to the House Museum will take you back almost 200 years to a timeless atmosphere where, thanks to the documents on display, you can relive the most important phases in the Sicilian author’s literary career.
You can also admire the collection of paintings that belonged to Rosolina, the dramatist’s beloved sister, Luigi himself and his son Fausto.
Before leaving make sure you take a walk down the evocative path that leads to the “Pine Tree” and the “rough stone” in which the ashes of the illustrious Agrigento-born playwright have been kept since 1961.
Surrounded by the “immense and jealous” sea, all the charm of the House of Luigi Pirandello awaits you. Why not pay us a visit?
Services
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Visits
scheduled for individuals
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Visits
for groups by reservation [email protected]
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Didactics for schools
by reservation [email protected]
available in Italian, English
Where
SS 115, Contrada Caos, Villaseta , Agrigento (AG)
Transportation
By car
reachable by taking the state road 115 to Porto Empedocle in the direction of Villaseta.
By bus
for detailed information about the routes and the timetables, please check the Agrigento urban mobility service website. Laern more
March 10, 2023
free admission for all visitors on the occasion of "The Sicilian Cultural Heritage Day"
