Pezze di Greco Olive Oil Museum Tour

Come and visit the medieval underground oil mill, you will discover how olive oil was extracted in the past.
The Savoy Hypogeum, located in Pezze di Greco (Fasano), is an ancient underground oil mill, already used in the Middle Ages. Today, thanks to the restoration and recovery of the equipment, it has been transformed into the Historical-Ethnographic Museum dedicated to the production of olive oil. Inside this space carved into the rock, you can admire processing tools such as presses and mills, cisterns and apotropaic masks, witnessing over a millennium of history of olive growing and the culture of the territory.

Meeting Point

Museo storico-etnografico della produzione olearia - Olive Oil Museum - Museo dell'olio - Ipogeo Savoia

Via Case Sparse, 72015 Fasano BR, Italy

What's included:

• Free walk and visit to the ancient olive trees
• Entrance to the Historical-Ethnographic Museum of Oil Production

What to expect:

Duration: between 30 minutes and 1 hour

Museo storico-etnografico della produzione olearia - Olive Oil Museum - Museo dell'olio - Ipogeo Savoia

Via Case Sparse, 72015 Fasano BR, Italy

A tribute to the economic activity that has certainly profoundly influenced the customs and culture of the suggestive Piana degli Ulivi Monumentali, the Museo storico-ethnografico della Produzione Olearia (Historical-Ethnographic Museum of Olive Oil Production) represents the proof and memory of the long tradition that has made (and still makes) Puglia one of the protagonists of the oil industry for centuries. In this strip of southern Italy, in the middle of the Mediterranean, olive oil has “shaped” the territory, the rock and even human life.
Currently known as Masseria Savoia after the surname of the owner family, the estate has experienced an evolution in the denomination that allows to describe its origin and singularity. “The chapel” initially, “Fiezzo d’Aglio” later, the two names tell the genesis as a votive place and seat of religious ritual first; later as an area recognized for the presence of wild garlic that grew on rocky soils.

Admission Ticket Included