Museo della Pieve di San Giorgio di Valpolicella e Museo archeologico
Museum next to the Romanesque Pieve di San Giorgio, with archaeological finds from prehistory to the early Middle Ages and an open-air archaeological park.
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About the museum
The archaeological museum, opened in 1992, is housed in the canonical building next to the Pieve di San Giorgio di Valpolicella, an ancient Romanesque church with Lombard origins and three apses. An ethnographic section with testimonies of local traditions, set up in the 1970s, completes the museum complex.
The collections document a long history of occupation in the area: flint tools and arrowheads from the Neolithic, an axe from the late Bronze Age, Iron Age ornaments and tools for spinning and weaving, as well as Roman-period pottery, oil lamps and votive statuettes linked to the territory of the Arusnati, the population of the local pagus. There are also Jurassic ammonites, ten inscribed Roman stelae, including the oldest known Roman inscription of Valpolicella (1st century BC), and fossils and fossil fish from Monte Pastello.
Outside the church, an archaeological park shows the remains of a protohistoric village of the 5th–4th centuries BC, excavated east of the apses, with a house-workshop for working horn and spindle whorls.
Highlights
- Ten inscribed Roman stelae, including the oldest Roman inscription of Valpolicella
- Jurassic ammonites and fossil fish from Monte Pastello
- Finds from the Neolithic to the Roman period
- Archaeological park with the protohistoric village of the 5th–4th century BC
- Ethnographic section on local traditions
- Romanesque Pieve di San Giorgio with Lombard ciborium
Permanent exhibition
- Collezioni archeologiche e parco archeologico – Prehistoric, protohistoric and Roman finds, fossils, inscribed stelae and an archaeological park with the remains of a 5th–4th century BC village.
- Founded
- 1992
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission by voluntary donation, according to the sector listing consulted.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
- Museum shop
A shop selling publications and leaflets in Italian, English and German is noted.
Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Guided tours and access for schools are reported; captions and panels in Italian, leaflets in Italian, English and German. |
