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Museo archeologico ambientale - The Bronze Age in Sant'Agata and its surrondings

Archaelogical enviromental museum - Venue of Sant'Agata

Where: Via Terragli a Ponente - 40019 Sant'Agata Bolognese (BO)

: Biconical vase - Archaeological environmental museum of Sant'Agata Bolognese

A new branch of the Archaeological environmental museum was inaugurated in Sant’Agata Bolognese in 2010. The exhibition displays a collection of archaeological finds dating back to the Bronze Age, found in the Bolognese plain between the Samoggia and the Panaro river.

At the time, this area was a densely populated region, which owed its prosperity to its rich soil as well as its efficient economic and social organization. The typical settlement was the "terramara", a peculiar square-shaped village, surrounded by a moat.

This museum is the main venue of an exhibition complex, which can be defined as the "spread museum of the science of the Bolognese plain"; the other four locations are:

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Timetable: Sunday 4pm -6pm (closed from July to August, Christmas and Easter Holidays). From Monday to Friday is possible to have access by appointment. Guided tours and didactic activities can be arranged by contacting the Museum.

Entrance: free entry

Information an reservation: Office (Monday to Friday 9am-2pm and 3pm-6pm)

Ph. 0039 051 6871757

How to get there: How to get to Sant'Agata Bolognese

Learn more: The book "Archaeological finds dating back to the Bronze Age in the Bolognese plain between the Samoggia and the Panaro rivers" by Maurizio Cattani, Marco Marchesini and Silvia Marvelli, is published by Centro Stampa della Regione Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, October 2010.

People have to apply to the secretary's office of the Archaeological Environmental Museum to get the book.

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