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Atella - The Paleolitic Park

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Località Cimitero (Graveyard)
85020 Atella (Pz)
Tel. 0972 716612 (Town Hall)
Mobile 333 7968732 (Pro Loco)
Open: on request
Free Admission

This small village is plunged in natural scenery where the beauties of a multicoloured landscape reign undisputed. It keeps memory of a past whose roots are lost in time. Near the cemetery of Atella, some finds were excavated, such as fragments of long bones and a long tusk. They show the presence of pre-historical settlements in the area.

A historical reconstruction states that, probably around 650-550,000 years ago, this place was inhabited by groups of Homo erectus that used to hunt aurochs, elephants, and so on with stone weapons.