Venosa - National Archaeological Museum
Info
P.zza Umberto I (located near the Castle)
Archaeological Park - Loc. San Rocco
Tel./Fax 0972 36095
Open: daily 9:00-20:00, on Tuesdays 14:00-20:00
Closed: on tuesday mornings, on 25/12, 01/01 and 01/05
Admission: full ticket € 2.50 - discount ticket € 1.25
Traces of the ancient Venusia history can be found amongst the archaeological finds in the National Museum.
It was opened in 1991. It is arranged inside the Aragon Castle, more precisely, in the basement gallery, and is composed by 5 separate sections.
1. Pre-Roman Period
2. The Period of Romanisation
3. From the end of the Roman Republic to the Augustan Age
4. The Imperial Age
5. From the Late Roman Empire to the IX century
This substantial archaeological heritage allows to retrace the historical milestones from Pre-history to the Norman period.
It is made up by ceramics, coins, funerary finds, floor mosaics.
Particularly interesting is a cross-reliquary of the VIII-IX centuries.
Acerenza
Armento
Atella
Avigliano
Brienza
Calvello
Campomaggiore
Grumento Nova
Lagonegro
Laurenzana
Lauria
Maratea
Marsico Nuovo
Melfi
Montemurro
Muro Lucano
Palazzo San Gervasio
Pietrapertosa
Potenza
Rapolla
Rionero in Vulture-Monticchio
Ripacandida
Rivello
Rotonda
San Chirico Raparo
San Paolo Albanese
Sant'Arcangelo
Satriano di Lucania
Vaglio Basilicata
Venosa
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