Industria, Archaeological museum in Monteu da Po, Italy

Industria is an archaeological site in Monteu da Po, a small town in the Province of Turin, where the remains of a Roman production center have been uncovered. Alongside the open-air excavation area, a museum houses the objects found during the digs.

Founded probably between 124 and 123 BC by the consul Marcus Fulvius Flaccus near the Celtic-Ligurian village of Bodincomagus, Industria was inscribed in the Pollia tribe and the regio IX of Augustan Italy. It declined between the 4th and 5th centuries AD, and a pieve later rose on the site. A bronze inscription found at Monteu da Po and published in Turin in 1745 identified the city; excavations followed between 1811 and 1813 under Count Bernardino Morra di Lauriano.

The museum displays tools, vessels, and everyday objects found during excavations, all coming directly from Roman working life. Visitors get a concrete picture of how craftspeople in this area organized their daily work.

The site is in Monteu da Po and can be explored on foot, so sturdy shoes are a good idea since some areas are uneven. It is worth setting aside enough time to visit both the open-air area and the museum without rushing.

The bronze inscription found near Monteu da Po, published in Turin in 1745 by Giovanni Paolo Ricolvi and Antonio Rivautella, gave the ancient city its name and location. It records the name of the town's inhabitants and confirmed Pliny the Elder's mention of Industria among the nobilia oppida of regio IX Liguria.