Museo della Val Cavallina
Historical and environmental museum in Casazza on the resources of the Val Cavallina (stone, water, plants, animals), with the Roman archaeological area of Cavellas.
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About the museum
The Museo della Val Cavallina, also known as Cavellas, grew out of an idea of the Circolo Culturale OP of Casazza, which since 1997 had aimed to create a local ethnographic museum. With the involvement of the Municipality of Casazza and the Comunità Montana della Valle Cavallina, the project took shape: the exhibition space was set up on the ground floor of Palazzo Bettoni, on state road 42, and since October 2003 the museum has been regularly open to the public.
The display has a historical and environmental approach: each room is devoted to one of the resources that the inhabitants have used over the millennia, namely stone, water, plants and animals. Objects, historical photographs, reconstructions of use and documentation on the context of origin alternate within the rooms. Since 2019 the gallery has hosted a permanent exhibition on the lakes of Endine and Gaiano, the most characteristic environmental feature of the valley.
In 2015 the Cavellas archaeological area, a few hundred metres away, was opened to the public: the remains of a Roman village active from the 1st to the 6th century AD, preserved beneath a supermarket and buried for centuries by sediments from the Drione stream.
Highlights
- Stone room with the geological formations and historic quarries of the valley
- Water room: mills, hammer mills and the first aqueducts
- Permanent exhibition on the lakes of Endine and Gaiano
- Cavellas archaeological area, a Roman village of the 1st–6th century AD
- Free admission to the museum
Permanent exhibitions
- Museo storico ambientale della Val Cavallina – Rooms devoted to stone, water, plants and animals, with tools, photographs and reconstructions; permanent gallery on the lakes of Endine and Gaiano.
- Area archeologica Cavellas – Roman village of the 1st–6th century AD with stone houses, a well and communal spaces, visitable beneath the supermarket.
- Founded
- 2003
- Operated by
- Associazione Museo della Val Cavallina
- Visitors per year
- approx. 3,000
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission to the historical and environmental museum. The Cavellas archaeological area charges admission: full price €5, reduced €3.
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | On request, educational outings for schools and visits for groups and events are available; the museum also has a documentation centre with a library. |
