Museo della Centuriazione Romana, Archaeological museum in Borgoricco, Italy.
The Museo della Centuriazione Romana in Borgoricco is an archaeological museum displaying Roman artifacts, surveying instruments, and farming tools from the Padua region. The collection documents everyday use of these objects and reveals how people lived and worked in this area long ago.
The Roman centuriation system was implemented around 40 BCE and created a network of roads and canals organizing the agricultural land of this area. This system shaped the landscape for centuries and influenced how people used the territory.
The collection features bronze scrapers and terracotta slabs decorated with plant designs found during local digs. These objects reflect how Romans organized the land and daily farming activities in this region.
The museum occupies the first floor of the Aldo Rossi Cultural Centre, reached by lift, with wide manoeuvring spaces and seating along the whole route. Panels use short high-readability texts with paper fact sheets and QR-code digital content; since 2024 tactile Braille paths and reproductions of finds serve blind and partially sighted visitors. Guided tours, thematic sessions and workshops for schools and families are offered alongside independent visits.
The theatre in the Aldo Rossi complex is a circular hall for about 300 spectators, used for events, concerts, screenings and conferences; it is not part of the museum's exhibition rooms, which occupy the four symmetrical halls on the first floor around a foyer modelled on the impluvium of a Roman domus.
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