Museo archeologico regionale di Lentini

About the museum

The museum illustrates the archaeological history of Lentini and its territory from prehistory to the medieval period, with materials from ancient Leontinoi and the main sites of the area. The first core of the collections derives from the former civic museum, which was entirely absorbed into the present museum. It is a set of materials of varied origin, largely of uncertain context. Many finds come from the excavations of the 1950s in the San Mauro valley, near the southern urban gate and a necropolis, and on the Metapiccola hill, where an Iron Age indigenous settlement stood. The rest derives from more recent research by the heritage authority (Soprintendenza) of Siracusa.

The route, spread over three levels, starts on the ground floor with the prehistory and protohistory of the territory, the grave goods of the Cava Ruccia and Sant'Eligio necropoleis, the first contacts between natives and Greek settlers, and the first Greek imports in the Caracausi and Crocifisso settlements. It continues with materials from the sacred area of Metapiccola, the fortifications of the northern and southern gates, a stratigraphic section, the two suburban sanctuaries of Alaimo and Scala Portazza, and a section on collecting in Lentini and on the necropoleis of the Greek colony. The itinerary continues to the Middle Ages, with the rock-cut churches and the age of Frederick II, while the upper floor houses the underwater finds from Castelluccio and documentation of the territory from prehistory onwards.

Highlights

• Grave goods of the Greek necropoleis of Cava Ruccia and Sant'Eligio
• Materials from the sacred area of Metapiccola
• Suburban sanctuaries of Alaimo and Scala Portazza
• Underwater finds from Castelluccio
• Route through to the Middle Ages, with rock-cut churches

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione archeologica permanente – The route on three levels presents the history of Leontinoi and its territory from prehistory to the Middle Ages, with grave goods, sacred materials, fortifications and underwater finds.

Operated by

Parco archeologico di Leontinoi e Megara Iblea

Visitors per year

approx. 2,897

Admission & discounts

Free admission: First Sunday of the month

Free admission also for licensed European Union tourist guides and interpreters, members of ICOM and ICCROM, journalists with press cards, and other categories provided for by regional rules.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• 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

A motorised platform lift is available to reach the entrance along the external staircase. An internal lift serves the upper floors, and a dedicated external route leads to the conference hall on the lower floor.

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