The Gramsci House is located in the historic center of Ghilarza, a town with about 4,500 inhabitants in the middle valley of the Tirso River in the province of Oristano, within the historical and geographical subregion of Guilcer. Antonio Gramsci lived here from 1898 to 1911, from the age of seven to twenty. He was born in Ales, in the province of Cagliari, on January 22, 1891. The house, built in the early 19th century, is made of basalt, a volcanic stone commonly used in traditional buildings of central Sardinia. It has a simple and dignified appearance, with two floors, and the only decorative element on the façade is a small balcony with a wrought-iron railing. The interior, well-preserved, is divided into six rooms, three on the ground floor and three on the upper floor, and is now a museum. The connection between the two floors is still provided by a staircase in its original position, and the layout of the rooms remains almost entirely consistent with its original residential purpose. In the rear courtyard, which still preserves the paved area with flower beds bordered by stones and tiles, there is a small structure known as sa ‘omo ‘e su forru (the house of the oven). The renovation work carried out over time has not significantly altered the building’s structure, which has largely retained its original appearance. The house, the town of Ghilarza, and the surrounding area represented places of memory and affection for Antonio Gramsci, places he returned to multiple times with notes of poignant nostalgia. These settings are described in his Letters from Prison and Prison Notebooks or in the memoirs of his earliest biographers. Those unfamiliar with these writings will find in the museum references to passages in which these places are evoked.