Terramara's archaeologic park and museum of Montale, Archaeological park and museum in Montale Rangone, Italy

The Parco archeologico e museo all'aperto della Terramara di Montale is an archaeological site with an open-air museum in Montale Rangone, a frazione of Castelnuovo Rangone about ten kilometres from Modena. It combines the excavated area, where a stratigraphy and a cast of a layer with wooden remains are visible, with a full-scale reconstruction of part of a Terramara village: fortifications, a ditch and an earthwork topped by a palisade, two dwellings furnished with pottery, tools, weapons and clothing, and production areas for ceramics and bronze objects.

The settlement dates to the middle Bronze Age, roughly 1700 to 1100 BC, and belonged to a culture of herders and farmers that spread across the Po Valley. The museum was established to preserve the archaeological remains and document the lifeways of these early communities.

The exhibits show tools and objects that reveal how people lived and worked in this Bronze Age community. You can see what they used for daily tasks and how they organized their homes and settlement.

The park is easy to reach and offers guided tours and activities for school groups, especially on weekdays. Wear comfortable shoes since the grounds are sizable, and visit during dry weather to fully enjoy the outdoor reconstructions.

The excavation area preserves a plaster cast of a floor layer holding wooden remains of one dwelling, taken during the scientific investigation of the site. The open-air section was then rebuilt from those findings: rampart and palisade, ditch, two furnished houses, and pottery and bronze workshops. Experimental plots grow crops the villagers cultivated.