{"id":22454,"date":"2020-11-30T11:04:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/tidone-valley-archaeological-museum\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T14:05:52","slug":"tidone-valley-archaeological-museum","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/tidone-valley-archaeological-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Tidone Valley Archaeological Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The museum celebrates the decennial excavations and research activity carried out by the association Pandora with the cooperation of Emilia Romagna\u2019s Board of Archaeological Assets .<\/p>\n<p>The archaeological museum displays historically important remains found in the Tidone Valley basin of the Val Tidone and offers a picture of the history and the dynamics of the ancient populations of the area, from prehistory to the Roman age.<br \/>\nThe first room preserves fossiles that show the various layers constituting Padana Valley ; in the second one remains witnessing the presence of man in Tidone Valley in pre and proto-history (from 5th millennium B.C. to the beginning of the roman age \u2013 II\/I centuries B.C.) are diplayed. Most of the exhibition is dedicated to the remains from Piana di San Martino, pottery artifacts above all, which confirm the existence of a community grown throughout the 1st millennium B.C. The third room of the museum, the largest one, contains remains dating back above all to the roman period and some from the High-Middle ages. Several specimens of objects found in the roman village of Pianello are displayed. The most recent piece of art is a late imperial funerary stone from the first century A.D. called &#8216;Valeria Nardis&#8217;, found in an area where a capital with graffiti and decorations, probably belonging to a funerary urn, had already been found.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition also includes the roman remains coming from different sites in the valley, namely the sarcophagus from Vicomarino, as well as remains of Ganaghello\u2019s burial from Arcello\u2019s Villa in Trevozzo. The most remarkable ones are the many architectural materials, the instrumentum and some coins.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible to book visits for schools and groups. The Museum offers and archive with information on the objects exhibited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The museum celebrates the decennial excavations and research activity carried out by the association Pandora with the cooperation of Emilia Romagna\u2019s Board of Archaeological Assets . The archaeological museum displays historically important remains found in the Tidone Valley basin of the Val Tidone and offers a picture of the history and the dynamics of the ancient populations of the area, from prehistory to the Roman age. The first room preserves fossiles that show the various layers constituting Padana Valley ; in the second one remains witnessing the presence of man in Tidone Valley in pre and proto-history (from 5th millennium B.C. to the beginning of the roman age \u2013 II\/I centuries B.C.) are diplayed. Most of the exhibition is dedicated to the remains from Piana di San Martino, pottery artifacts above all, which confirm the existence of a community grown throughout the 1st millennium B.C. The third room of the museum, the largest one, contains remains dating back above all to the roman period and some from the High-Middle ages. Several specimens of objects found in the roman village of Pianello are displayed. The most recent piece of art is a late imperial funerary stone from the first century A.D. called \u2018Valeria Nardis\u2019, found in an area where a capital with graffiti and decorations, probably belonging to a funerary urn, had already been found. The exhibition also includes the roman remains coming from different sites in the valley, namely the sarcophagus from Vicomarino, as well as remains of Ganaghello\u2019s burial from Arcello\u2019s Villa in Trevozzo. The most remarkable ones are the many architectural materials, the instrumentum and some coins. It is possible to book visits for schools and groups. The Museum offers and archive with information on the objects exhibited.","protected":false},"featured_media":20695,"template":"","territorio":[934],"categorie_arte_e_cultura":[922],"class_list":["post-22454","arte-e-cultura","type-arte-e-cultura","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","territorio-val-tidone-en","categorie_arte_e_cultura-museums-and-galleries"],"acf":{"iat":false,"contatti_iat":[{"contatto_iat":"website","valore":"http:\/\/www.museoarcheologicovaltidone.it\/"},{"contatto_iat":"email","valore":"info@museoarcheologicovaltidone.it"},{"contatto_iat":"telephone","valore":"+39.0523.1822950"}],"orario":"<p>Contact the museum to check opening hours and opportunities to visit outside scheduled opening hours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oct. 1-Feb. 28<\/strong><br \/>\nSundays 10 a.m.-1 p.m. (last admission 12:30 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 1 &#8211; Sept. 30<\/strong><br \/>\nSundays 10 a.m. &#8211; 12.30 p.m. (last admission 12 noon ) and 3 p.m. &#8211; 6 p.m. (last admission 5.30 p.m.)<\/p>\n<p>Special openings may be scheduled during cultural events.<br \/>\nThe Museum is closed on December 25 and 26, January 1, Easter, August 15.<\/p>\n","chiusura_settimanale":"From Monday to Friday","tariffe":"<p><strong>Full Admission Ticket<\/strong>: \u20ac5.00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reduced Admission Ticket<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A. visitors aged between 7 and 14 or over 65; residents of Pianello V.T.; \u20ac 2.00<\/li>\n<li>B. University students with valid university ID; Touring Club, FAI, Italia Nostra, Associazione Piacenza Musei, Associazione Nazionale Archeologi, ICOM, BCC Centropadana members. \u20ac 4.00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Free admission:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>children under 6 years old;<\/li>\n<li>disabled and accompanying persons (max 2 pax);<\/li>\n<li>members of Pandora Archaeological Association &#8211; ODV upon presentation of valid membership card;<\/li>\n<li>On the occasion of cultural, social and territorial promotion events: events sponsored by the municipality, expressly indicated; Museum Night; European Heritage Days; Families at the Museum; Day of Small Museums; Other events where expressly indicated.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Discounts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Family discount: reduced B. ticket for both parents and free for all children under 14;<\/li>\n<li>20% discount on full ticket for holders of the Card &#8220;The Archaeological Treasures of Piacenza and its Valleys&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","location":{"lat":"44.948252657078434","lng":"9.405621886253359","address":"Piazza Umberto I, c\/o Rocca Municipale"},"localita":33073},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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