MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO PLATINA

The Piadena Museum is the archaeological reference point for the Piadenese, Casalasco and eastern Cremonese territory, an area that has always been a protagonist in the history of palethnological research.

Although the exhibition offers a rich picture of human peopling from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Early Middle Ages, the real highlight of the museum are the exhibits from the Early Neolithic (6th millennium BC). It was precisely the discovery of the Culture of the Vho of Piadena that made the museum famous in scientific literature, revealing the living habits of the first farming communities that settled in the heart of the Po Valley.

Also of exceptional value are the testimonies of the Bronze Age, among which two important settlements stand out: the pile-dwelling settlement of the Lagazzi - since 2011 UNESCO World Heritage Site - and the subsequent site of the Castellaro del Vho. The journey through time continues with the Iron Age, documented by the Celtic burials of Campo Costiere and the Social Dairy necropolis, and concludes with the rich section dedicated to Bedriacum, the Roman vicus located along the Via Postumia (in today's Calvatone).