MARC - Museo Archeologico Cadorino

About the museum

A first archaeological museum was set up in Pieve di Cadore in the second half of the 19th century and brought great prestige to the town, but it was largely dispersed during the 1917 invasion, when many objects of archaeological value disappeared. The present museum, a compact display housed on the second floor of the Palazzo della Magnifica Comunità di Cadore in Piazza Tiziano, was inaugurated on 2 August 1953.

The core of the display comes from the excavations of the sanctuary of Lagole, at Calalzo di Cadore, begun in 1949 following a report by Giovanni Battista Frescura and continued throughout the 1950s, also with financial support from the Magnifica Comunità. The place of worship, linked to sulphurous springs and frequented from the pre-Roman to the Roman age, yielded bronze figurines, weapons, knives, votive bells and handles of simpula (ritual ladles) with more than seventy inscriptions in the Venetic language: documentation second in the Veneto only to that of Este.

The rooms also preserve materials from other excavations in the area, including the mosaic floor and hypocaust heating system of a Roman villa discovered in Pieve di Cadore in 1954, and finds from Valle di Cadore and Domegge, acquired in the following decades.

Highlights

• Votive offerings from the Venetic sanctuary of Lagole di Calalzo (6th century BC to 4th century AD)
• More than seventy inscriptions in the Venetic language engraved on votive objects
• Iron spits and bronze ladles linked to the ritual banquet and libations
• Mosaic and hypocaust heating system of the Roman villa of Pieve di Cadore
• Finds from Valle di Cadore and Domegge

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione archeologica del Cadore – Pre-Roman and Roman finds from Lagole di Calalzo, Domegge, Valle di Cadore and Pieve di Cadore, with votive offerings, Venetic inscriptions and the mosaic of a Roman villa.

Founded

1953

Operated by

Magnifica Comunità di Cadore

Admission & discounts

Free admission also for mayors and administrators of the 22 municipalities of Cadore, councillors of the Magnifica Comunità, pupils of Cadore schools on school visits, teachers, residents of Cadore under 25, ICOM members and on special occasions. The conditions for the single ticket will be announced when the Casa natale di Tiziano Vecellio reopens.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

Call lift, internal steps fitted with ramps and a toilet for persons with disabilities. Reserved parking about 100 metres from the palace, and possibility of short-term parking in front of the building.

Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The museum is on the second floor of the Palazzo della Magnifica Comunità di Cadore, in Piazza Tiziano, the main square of Pieve di Cadore.

Amenities & dining

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