Terramara's archaeologic park and museum of Montale, Archaeological park and museum in Montale Rangone, Italy
This archaeological park near Montale is an open-air museum with reconstructed Bronze Age houses alongside museum buildings that house artifacts from the site. The grounds show how the Terramara settlement may have looked roughly 4,000 years ago, with rebuilt structures and the defensive ditches that surrounded them.
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 fully rebuilt houses show the exact construction methods using wooden posts and defensive ditches that were typical of northern Italian settlements of this period. These reconstructions are regularly tested and updated to demonstrate how archaeologists translate their findings from excavations into working replicas.
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