{"id":42583,"date":"2018-03-01T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/archaeology-in-emilia\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:43:17","slug":"archaeological-sites-in-emilia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/en\/archaeological-sites-in-emilia\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeological sites and museums in Emilia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the millennia different people and cultures have shaped <strong>Emilia-Romagna<\/strong>, marking its borders and rewriting its history several times.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Via Emilia and visiting the main archaeological sites and museums of the region, we can retrace its history &#8211; from prehistory up to our time.<\/p>\n<p>While on the one hand <strong>Romagna<\/strong> has its historical traditions and material artifacts of great importance, thanks also to the presence of the three-time capital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/en\/ravenna-in-3-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ravenna<\/a>, (of the late Roman Empire, of the Goths and of the Byzantine), <strong>Emilia is marked by a more widespread development<\/strong>, which is mainly concentrated around the major cities of art with Roman origin.<\/p>\n<p>After the piece about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/en\/archaeology-in-romagna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romagna<\/a><\/strong>, today we are going to explore Emilia and its most important archaeological sites and museums, and you may take some good cues to visit some of them in person.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"title-evidenza\">Archaeological Sites in Emilia &#8211; Source Regional Tourism System<\/span><\/h3>\n<style>.embed-container {position: relative; padding-bottom: 64%; height: 0; max-width: 100%;} .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container iframe{position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;} small{position: absolute; z-index: 40; bottom: 0; margin-bottom: -15px;}<\/style>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe title=\"Siti Archeologici dell'Emilia\" src=\"\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/Embed\/index.html?webmap=53a6023229954db2b773fff49708a6f6&amp;extent=9.1429,44.1603,12.0928,45.3114&amp;zoom=true&amp;previewImage=false&amp;scale=true&amp;details=true&amp;legendlayers=true&amp;active_panel=legend&amp;disable_scroll=true&amp;theme=dark\" width=\"940\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span class=\"title-evidenza\">Bologna and its provinceo<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Bologna Archaeological City Museum<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Where:<\/span> <\/span>Via dell&#8217;Archiginnasio, 2 | Bologna<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comune.bologna.it\/museoarcheologico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archaeological City Museum of Bologna<\/a><\/strong> is considered one of the most important archaeological collections in Italy and it is housed in the fifteenth-century Palazzo Galvani since 1881, at a few meters away from Piazza Maggiore.<\/p>\n<p>The Etruscan section is the one that stands out among the others: it is an essential stop for a deeper understanding of the Etrurian Padana, whose capital was right Bologna (at that time known as Felsina).<\/p>\n<p>The Greek, Roman and Gallic art collections with artifacts coming mostly from this region, and the Egyptian art collection, one of the most important in Europe, are certainly worth a visit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52554\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/150-luca-capuano-classic-architecture-museo-archeologico-bologna-05.jpg\" alt=\"Bologna (BO), Museo Civico Archeologico\" width=\"1200\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/150-luca-capuano-classic-architecture-museo-archeologico-bologna-05.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/150-luca-capuano-classic-architecture-museo-archeologico-bologna-05-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/150-luca-capuano-classic-architecture-museo-archeologico-bologna-05-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/150-luca-capuano-classic-architecture-museo-archeologico-bologna-05-768x504.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bologna (BO), Archaeological City Museum | Credit: Luca Capuano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">The archaeological site SalaBorsa<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Where:\u00a0<\/span>Piazza Nettuno 3 | Bologna<\/p>\n<p>Right in the heart of Bologna, just below the crystal floor of the SalaBorsa covered square, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolognawelcome.com\/en\/places\/archaeological-sites\/archaeological-excavations-in-salaborsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">excavations<\/a><\/strong> allow to retrace the transformations this part of the city underwent over the centuries.<\/p>\n<p>There are the Civil Basilica of the ancient Bononia, the Medieval courts, the <em>viridarium<\/em> and the Renaissance botanical garden. The admission is free according to scheduled opening hours and days (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibliotecasalaborsa.it\/eventi\/23112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">The Etruscan town of Kainua (Marzabotto) and the National Etruscan Museum &#8220;Pompeo Aria&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Where:<\/span> Via Porrettana Sud 13 | Marzabotto<\/p>\n<p>Between the 6th and the 4th century B.C., <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bolognawelcome.com\/en\/places\/archaeological-sites\/museo-nazionale-etrusco-pompeo-aria-e-lantica-citta-di-marzabotto-eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Kainua<\/em><\/a><\/strong> was one of the most important city-states in the Etruscan Po area.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, the archaeology students of the Bologna University explore the site and people can walk along the streets of its original urban orthogonal layout and see the Acropolis and the two necropolises.<\/p>\n<p>The visit ends at the museum &#8220;Pompeo Aria&#8221;, where its artifacts show the history of the archaeological site.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80068\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80068\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80068\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/marzabotto-sito-archeologico-kainua-ph.francesco-de-marco-via-shutterstock_2107642796.jpg\" alt=\"Marzabotto (BO), Sito archeologico di Kainua\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/marzabotto-sito-archeologico-kainua-ph.francesco-de-marco-via-shutterstock_2107642796.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/marzabotto-sito-archeologico-kainua-ph.francesco-de-marco-via-shutterstock_2107642796-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/marzabotto-sito-archeologico-kainua-ph.francesco-de-marco-via-shutterstock_2107642796-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/marzabotto-sito-archeologico-kainua-ph.francesco-de-marco-via-shutterstock_2107642796-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marzabotto (BO), The Etruscan town of Kainua | Credit: Francesco De Marco, via shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">&#8220;Luigi Fantini&#8221; Archaeological Museum<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Where:\u00a0<\/span>Via del Museo 2 | Montebibele<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montebibele.eu\/it\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luigi Fantini&#8221; Archaeological Museum<\/a><\/strong> is the completest collection of Celtic materials in the region and one of the most important in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The museum records the history of the settlements over the valleys of the rivers Idice and Zena. Moreover, it collects materials from the excavation campaigns of the Etruscan-Celtic settlement of Monte Bibele and its necropolis (beginning of the 4th and beginning of the 2nd century B.C.).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80078\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80078\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/monterenzio-museo-archeologico-luigi-fantini-ph-patafisik-via-wikimedia.jpg\" alt=\"Monterenzio (BO), Museo archeologico Luigi Fantini\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monterenzio (BO), &#8220;Luigi Fantini&#8221; Archaeological Museum | Credit: Patafisik, CC BY-SA 4.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">SEE ALSO:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museoclaterna.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Museum of the ancient Roman Town of Claterna<\/strong><\/a> | Ozzano dell&#8217;Emilia (BO)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comune.castenaso.bo.it\/it-it\/vivere-il-comune\/cosa-vedere\/muv-museo-e-centro-di-documentazione-della-civilta-villanoviana-46501-1-8acc7def69fdfa114037dda5c8849ba0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MUV &#8211; Museum and Documentation Centre of Villanovan Culture<\/a><\/strong> | Castenaso (BO)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museodellapreistoria.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Luigi Donini&#8221; Museum of Prehistory<\/a><\/strong> | San Lazzaro di Savena (BO)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museoarcheologicoambientale.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Archaeological Environmental Museum<\/strong><\/a> | San Giovanni in Persiceto (BO)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comune.budrio.bo.it\/it-it\/vivere-il-comune\/cosa-vedere\/museo-civico-archeologico-e-paleoambientale-elsa-silvestri-47174-1-300db7ebbcab305f91705496f6571e54\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>&#8220;Elsa Silvestri&#8221; Archaeological and Paleoenvironmental Museum<\/strong><\/a> | Budrio (BO)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/museiciviciimola.it\/museo-di-san-domenico-imola\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Museum of San Domenico<\/a><\/strong> | Imola (BO)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"title-evidenza\">Modena\u00a0and its province<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Archaeological and Ethnological Museum<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Where:<\/span> Palazzo Dei Musei &#8211; Largo Porta Sant&#8217;Agostino, 337 | Modena<\/p>\n<p>Inside the eighteenth-century Museum Palace (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palazzodeimuseimodena.it\" rel=\"noopener\">Palazzo Dei Musei<\/a><\/strong>) are some of the most important cultural and conservative institutions of the city.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museicivici.modena.it\/it\/raccolte\/raccolte-del-museo-archeologico-etnologico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archaeological and Ethnological Museum<\/a><\/strong>, for instance, collects along its exhibition itinerary some important material testimonies from the Modena area dating back between the Palaeolithic and the Middle Ages and an ethnological section with artifacts. from all over the world.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80071\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/modena-lapidario-romano-ph.D-VISIONS-solo-uso-editoriale-shutterstock_1705171171.jpg\" alt=\"Modena, Gallerie Estensi. Lapidario Romano\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Modena, Gallerie Estensi. Roman Lapidary | Credit: D-VISIONS, via shutterstock (Editorial Use Only)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">The Estense Lapidary Museum<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Where:<\/span> Palazzo dei Musei &#8211; Largo Porta Sant&#8217;Agostino, 337 | Modena<\/p>\n<p>The Museum Palace also hosts the<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallerie-estensi.beniculturali.it\/museo-lapidario-estense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Estense Lapidary collection<\/a><\/strong>, on Francis IV Duke of Modena&#8217;s firm request: with 329 sculptures, dating back from the Roman up to the Medieval and Renaissance age, it outlines the history of the city.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Terramara of Montale<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Where: <\/span>Via Vandelli (Statale 12 &#8211; Nuova Estense) | Montale Rangone<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to life reconstructions and experimental archaeology projects, today, this outdoor archaeological park traces back the almost 4-century-long story of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/parcomontale.it\/it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terramara di Montale<\/a><\/strong>, which was a fortified village during the Bronze Age (between the 16th and the early 13th century B.C.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52556\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52556\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/terramara-palafitta.jpg\" alt=\"Mondate (MO), Parco archeologico e museo all'aperto della terramare di Montale\" width=\"1200\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/terramara-palafitta.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/terramara-palafitta-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/terramara-palafitta-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/terramara-palafitta-768x468.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mondale (MO), Archaeological park and open-air museum of Montale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><span class=\"title-evidenza\">Reggio nell&#8217;Emilia and its province<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Museum&#8217;s Palace<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Where:\u00a0<\/span>Via Lazzaro Spallanzani, 1 | Reggio nell&#8217;Emilia<\/p>\n<p>This <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.musei.re.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">museum<\/a><\/strong> hosts several ancient collections and artworks with different functions and dating back to different historical periods.<\/p>\n<p>As far as archaeology concerns, the Roman mosaics, the Chierici Museum, the Portico dei Marmi (Roman section), the Roman Museum, the Prehistory and Protohistory Museum are worth a visit.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">SEE ALSO:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/terramarasantarosa.comune.poviglio.re.it\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Museum of the Terramara &#8220;Santa Rosa&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> | Poviglio (RE)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/visitbrescello.it\/museo-archeologico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Roman Archaeological Museum<\/strong><\/a> | Brescello (RE)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musei.emiliaromagna.beniculturali.it\/musei\/castello-di-canossa-e-museo-nazionale-naborre-campanini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Naborre Campanini&#8221; National Museum<\/a><\/strong> | Canossa (RE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"title-evidenza\">Parma and its province<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">The National Archaeological Museum of Parma<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Where: <\/span>Piazza della Pilotta, 3 | Parma<\/p>\n<p>Housed in the rooms of the monumental <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pilotta.beniculturali.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palazzo della Pilotta<\/a><\/strong>, this museum is one of the oldest in Italy (1760).<\/p>\n<p>Originally, it was founded to house the findings from the excavation of the city of Veleia, but over the course of its history it gained different collections (Egyptian, Etruscan and Roman) and, above all, it has become an essential reference point for all the research work carried out in the area of the Duchy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80075\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/parma-palazzo-della-pilotta-ph.luca-panarese-via-shutterstock_solo-per-uso-editoriale-2015133281.jpg\" alt=\"Parma, Museo della Pilotta \" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/parma-palazzo-della-pilotta-ph.luca-panarese-via-shutterstock_solo-per-uso-editoriale-2015133281.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/parma-palazzo-della-pilotta-ph.luca-panarese-via-shutterstock_solo-per-uso-editoriale-2015133281-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/parma-palazzo-della-pilotta-ph.luca-panarese-via-shutterstock_solo-per-uso-editoriale-2015133281-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/parma-palazzo-della-pilotta-ph.luca-panarese-via-shutterstock_solo-per-uso-editoriale-2015133281-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Parma, Museo della Pilotta | Credit: Luca Panarese, via shutterstock (Editorial Use Only)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><span class=\"title-evidenza\">Piacenza and its province<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">The City Museums of Palazzo Farnese<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Where: <\/span>Piazza Della Cittadella, 29 | Piacenza<\/p>\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palazzofarnese.piacenza.it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">city museum<\/a><\/strong> and its rich collections are hosted Inside the sixteenth-century Palazzo Farnese. The highlight here is the archaeological museum, housed in the adjacent Visconti Palace.<\/p>\n<p>In its rooms, you can find artifacts and relics of Prehistory and Protohistory coming from the surrounding area and, in a dedicated room, the famous Liver of Piacenza, one of the most important artifacts linked to the Etruscan art of divination.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Antiquarium and Veleia Romana<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Where:<\/span> Strada Provinciale 14, 14 | Lugagnano Val d&#8217;Arda<\/p>\n<p>On the site of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musei.emiliaromagna.beniculturali.it\/musei\/castello-di-canossa-e-museo-nazionale-naborre-campanini\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ancient Roman city of Velleia<\/a><\/strong> stands today one of the most important archaeological sites in Northern Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to its <em>antiquarium<\/em> and walking through its ruins, it is possible to retrace the most important moments of its history, from its pre-Roman origins up to its complete abandonment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52560\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-52560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_velleia_001.jpg\" alt=\"Lugagnano Val d'Arda (PC), Scavi archeologici di Velleia\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_velleia_001.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_velleia_001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_velleia_001-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/img_velleia_001-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lugagnano Val d&#8217;Arda (PC), Archaeological excavations of Veleia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">&#8220;Giuseppe Cortesi&#8221; Geological Museum<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Where:\u00a0<\/span>Ospedale Santo Spirito &#8211; Via Sforza Caolzio | Castell&#8217;Arquato<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museogeologico.it\/\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Giuseppe Cortesi&#8221; Geological Museum<\/a> <\/strong>preserves one of the most important collections of fossil molluscs and cetacean skeletons referable to the &#8220;Piacenziano&#8221; stratum type, or better said, the land of marine origin dating back between 3.5 and 2.5 million years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to them it is possible to follow the evolutionary history of the Po Valley \u2013 from when it was just a water surface until the appearance of mankind.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">St. Andrea Neolithic Village and the Archaeological Museum<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">Where: <\/span>Via del Mulino, 22 | Travo<\/p>\n<p>It is one of the most important settlements of Northern Italy linked to the recent Neolithic (4200 &#8211; 3500 B.C.) and, above all, it is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/parcoarcheologicoditravo.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an archaeological park<\/a><\/strong> with a strong educational purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Located in a suggestive green area, it shows some full-scale residential buildings, set up with copies of materials and objects discovered during the excavation. The adjacent museum completes the visit itinerary.<\/p>\n<p>Over the year, the museum hosts several events; the costumes reenactment &#8220;Preistorica&#8221; has a particular importance and sends all participants back 6000 years in time.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48224\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Travo01-02__DSC7129.jpg\" alt=\"Travo (PC), Parco Archeologico &quot;Villaggio Neolitico di Travo&quot;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Travo01-02__DSC7129.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Travo01-02__DSC7129-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Travo01-02__DSC7129-1024x483.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.travelemiliaromagna.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Travo01-02__DSC7129-768x362.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Travo (PC), Parco Archeologico &#8220;Villaggio Neolitico di Travo&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #dd9933;\">SEE ALSO:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lafondazione.com\/l%E2%80%99antiquarium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antiquarium &#8220;Santa Margherita&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> | Piacenza (PC)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.museoarcheologicovaltidone.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tidone valley Archaeological Museum<\/a><\/strong> | Pianello Val Tidone (PC)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beniculturali.it\/luogo\/museo-dell-abbazia-di-san-colombano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Colombano Abbey Museum<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0| Bobbio (PC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the millennia different people and cultures have shaped Emilia-Romagna, marking its borders and rewriting its history several times. 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