Summer Schedule: 10.30 a.m. – 7.00 p.m. | Last entry at 5.30 p.m. | The ticket office closes at 5.30 p.m.

Summer Schedule: 10.30 a.m. – 7.00 p.m. | Last entry at 5.30 p.m. | The ticket office closes at 5.30 p.m.

Labirinto della Masone di Franco Maria Ricci

March 28 - September 13, 2026
ERTÉ

Style is Everything

A major exhibition celebrates the dazzling universe of one of Art Deco’s most eclectic figures.

3 - 7 July 2026
LOST Music Festival

Temporary Suspension of Regular Activities

Due to the LOST Music Festival, the Labyrinth's regular activities will be suspended from Friday 3 July through Tuesday 7 July 2026. The Labyrinth will reopen on Wednesday 8 July 2026.

In Parma, the world’s largest labyrinth

An elegant, seductive maze entirely made of bamboo plants. A place of culture and delights

LABYRINTH
The largest bamboo labyrinth in existence, it is entirely made of bamboo plants.

Numbering around 300 thousand in total, between 3 and 15 metres in height, and belonging to many species. A path in which to venture and get lost, to fantasize and reflect. Evocative arcades of bamboo frame the labyrinth’s pathways, offering visitors refuge and giving the sensation of finding oneself immersed in another dimension. Surprising views are afforded by stalks of different sizes, that are variously spotted, striped or of unusual colouration.

  • 28 March 2026
  • 13 September 2026

The new exhibition at the Labirinto della Masone is dedicated to Erté, one of the most emblematic figures of the Art Déco movement.

  • 28 March 2026
  • 13 September 2026
News and events at the Labyrinth

From Friday, July 3rd to Sunday, July 5th Labirinto della Masone will host LOST Music Festival. On this occasion, all regular activities will be suspended until Tuesday, July 7th.

  • 3rd to 7th July 2026
The Art Collection
Vir Temporis Acti

Adolfo Wildt (1868-1931)
1911, Marble

Vir Temporis Acti is neither a man nor a hero: though twice life-sized, it remains perfectly faithful to its own proportions.

There is no astonishment here, nothing irregular: nerves, muscles and bones become volumes, ready to assume unexpected forms – crabs, shell valves, but also geometric shapes, hemispheres.

There is no pain, no grimace, no cry, no strain, no surrender. And yet, what emerges from these countless forms is truth: not the pain of man, but pain itself.
The transformation of nature into artifice.

Eclectic and intriguing, the art collection reflects the personal tastes of Franco Maria Ricci and takes in five centuries of the History of Art, with works ranging from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth centuries.
Franco Maria Ricci
I first dreamed of building a Labyrinth around thirty years ago. On several occasions back then, in my country house outside Parma, I played host to a friend and valued contributor in the publishing house I had founded: Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. It is a well-known fact that the Labyrinth was one of his favorite themes. And the paths traced by the hesitant footfalls of the blind writer as he walked around me, made me think of the uncertainty of those who move in the midst of forks in the path and enigmas.
AN EXCLUSIVE STAY

Suites

Located in the heart of the Labyrinth are two suites, Suited to lovers of luxury and comfort, finished with artworks and refined decor.

ARCHITECTURE

The buildings

Were inspired by the neoclassical architectural utopia of Boullée, Lequeu, Ledoux and Antolini and designed in keeping with traditional Italian and European tenets.

Educational Activities
“Quod in juventute discitur …”
What you learn in your youth, you know forever.

Labrinto della Masone is a unique place, where nature and culture come together in the name of beauty: from the largest bamboo maze in the world to the renowned collections of art and books, the Franco Maria Ricci Foundation offers a rich and varied educational opportunity for schools of all levels. The facilities are expansive and fully supervised, making them the ideal setting for safe educational tours.

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