New Archaeological Museum of Ugento, Archaeological museum in Ugento, Italy
The New Archaeological Museum of Ugento is housed in a 15th-century former Franciscan convent and displays roughly 1,500 artifacts spanning from prehistoric to medieval times. The collections are distributed across two exhibition floors within the converted religious building.
The building began as a Franciscan convent in the 15th century and functioned as a religious center until 1866. It then became state property and was later converted into a civic museum in 1968.
The museum displays finds from the region in dedicated exhibition areas, including objects from ancient settlements and burial sites. Visitors can see how people in this area lived and how they honored their dead.
The museum is located at Via della Zecca 1 in Ugento and offers a cloakroom, bookstore, and Wi-Fi access across its two floors. Allow enough time to walk through both exhibition levels at a comfortable pace.
A bronze Zeus statue discovered in 1961 sparked the creation of this museum. A reproduction of this important statue is displayed today, showing what inspired the whole collection to begin.
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