Medieval wooden architecture is an incredible source of archetypes for sustainable and resilient architecture, and a timeless lesson in terms of relationship with Nature and Divine.

Thomas Allocca

MWA Museums

V I S I O N   &   M I S S I O N

MWA Museums is the acronym for Medieval Wooden Architecture Museums. It is a private project created in March 2024, for historical and archaeological research on medieval wooden architecture, and the establishment of museums with full-scale reconstructions. The project is based on the belief that forests and cultural heritage should be core resources for sustainable and resilient economy, and projects of urban regeneration integrated to eco-systems preservation and cultural identities recovery and promotion. In this context, medieval wooden architecture can be considered as extremely useful, not only in preserving the historic heritage they represent, but also as an extraordinary source of technical, artistic, and spiritual archetypes, to reinterpret for contemporary architecture.

I N T E R N A T I O N A L   R E F E R E N C E S

The MWA Museums project is committed to be aligned with the principles and aims of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), the United Nations Intergovern-mental Panel on Climate Change (UNIPCC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).

P R O J E C T S

Krunatun Medieval Museum project  |  started in March 2024  |  The project is aimed at creating a medieval museum in the town of Corleto Monforte, in southern Italy, in the heart of the Cilento, Vallo di Diano, and Monti Alburni National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998). The Krunatun-1 project started in March 2024 with historical and non-invasive inspections, searching for traces of the early medieval town that was seat of a powerful Longobard County of the Ducky of Benevento. Funded by White Oak Arkitecture and international private donors, the results have been publihed in December 2024 into the book Krunatun. Corleto Monforte nell'alto medioevo longobardo. Supported by private and public funds, next projects will be Krunatun-2 for archaeo-logical inspections in the town of Corleto Monforte, and Krunatun-3 for archaeological inspections in the towns of Altavilla Silentina, Castel San Lorenzo, Corleto Monforte, Felitto, Laurino, Magliano Vetere, Serre, Sicignano degli Alburni.

Runa Medieval Museum project  |  started in March 2025  |  The project is aimed at creating a medieval museum in the town of Sant'Angelo a Fasanella, in the heart of the Cilento, Vallo di Diano, and Monti Alburni National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1998) in southern Italy. The project started in March 2025 with historical and non-invasive archaeological inspections, searching for traces of the early medieval Benedictine abbey of San Michele Arcangelo. Funded by White Oak Arkitecture, the research has brought to the discovery of many traces, and on 29 March 2025 to the discovery of what we think could be a funeral inscription for the tomb of an Anglo-Saxon noble. The inscription is ruined, but we have recognized 13 runes from the Futhorc alphabet, dating the tomb between the second half of the VII century and the end of the X century. To date, we are planning an archaeological inspections project in the area of the medieval abbey and for the verification of the supposed Anglo-Saxon tomb.

F O R   P R E S S

Open the pdf file to read the list of the articles promoting the MWA Museums project, and ask for the articles of interest. They will be sent for free  >  info@whiteoak.it

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A = town of interest as an archaeological site    M = town of interest as a museum site

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