Museo civico Messapico
Municipal archaeological museum of Alezio in the eighteenth-century Palazzo Tafuri, with Messapian grave goods and a small outdoor park of tombs.
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About the museum
The museum, declared a national monument in 1981 and opened in 1982, occupies an eighteenth-century palace built by the Tafuri family of Gallipoli. It illustrates Messapian civilisation through the finds from Alezio and its surroundings.
The display cases contain the grave goods of about a dozen tombs from the town and the Monte d'Elia area, dating from the early 4th to the early 3rd century BC. They illustrate the funerary customs of the middle agricultural class, which made up the majority of the Messapian population. The material also includes some inscriptions, among them one found in a tomb on Via Kennedy, dating to the 6th century BC and rare for its time.
In front of the palace is a small open-air archaeological park with slab tombs and sarcophagi dating from the 6th to the 3rd century BC.
Highlights
- Messapian grave goods of the 4th–3rd century BC
- Messapian inscriptions, including one from the 6th century BC
- Archaeological park with slab tombs and sarcophagi
- Seat in the eighteenth-century Palazzo Tafuri
Permanent exhibition
- Corredi funerari messapici e parco archeologico – Finds from tombs at Alezio and Monte d'Elia (4th–3rd century BC), inscriptions, and tombs displayed outdoors in front of the palace.
- Founded
- 1982
- Operated by
- Comune di Alezio
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