Museo archeologico Lino Vanuzzo

Antiquarium in Sambruson with mainly Roman finds, collected in excavations of 1950 led by local enthusiast Lino Vanuzzo.

Opening hours unknownFree admission

Directions

Limited operations. According to the available listings, the museum is visited by arrangement. One regional listing notes that the site is being reorganised. It is advisable to enquire by phone before your visit.

About the museum

The museum is named after Lino Vanuzzo, a local history enthusiast who carried out excavations in 1950 at Sambruson, a hamlet of Dolo, along the course of an ancient branch of the Brenta. The core of the collection comes from that research and has no documented stratigraphic context.

Ancient sources identify Sambruson with the stopping place called Maio Medauco, and the material held confirms a settlement of some importance. The Roman material spans from the late 3rd century BC to the early 3rd century AD: domestic pottery, fragments of frescoes and mosaics, and building elements. The collection also includes some pieces considered prehistoric, Renaissance ceramics and marble.

Highlights

Domestic pottery from the Roman period
Fragments of frescoes and mosaics
Roman building elements
Finds linked to the stopping place of Maio Medauco
Renaissance ceramics and marble

Permanent exhibition

Reperti degli scavi di Sambruson – Roman material, a few prehistoric pieces, Renaissance ceramics and marble from the excavations of 1950.