Archaeological park of Poggibonsi, Archaeological museum and historical site in Poggibonsi, Italy
The archaeological park spreads across a hill and offers three areas: a museum with finds, reconstructed medieval houses, and the ruins of a fortress. The grounds form a cross-section through different periods, with stones and walls that show how the settlement grew and changed over time.
People settled on this hill in the early medieval period, and over hundreds of years they built houses and later fortifications. By the 15th century the site was abandoned, leaving only traces in the earth until researchers began excavating it roughly 30 years ago.
The name comes from Poggio Imperiale, the hill where the site stands, and the grounds show how people lived here across many centuries. Visitors see reconstructed buildings and fortifications that give insight into daily life during different periods.
The park has regular opening hours, and a good network of paths leads across the grounds with information boards to help with orientation. Comfortable shoes matter since you walk through hills and over old stone foundations.
One section called the Archeodromo features a full-scale recreation of a 9th-century village where people in historical clothing demonstrate how life unfolded there. This living reconstruction makes past times directly experienced rather than simply explained.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 60,000 contributors worldwide.
