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Multi-periodSite Name: Terramara di MontaleCountry: Italy
NOTE: This site is 38.51 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Emilia-Romagna Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Modena Nearest Village: Montale
Latitude: 44.576100N Longitude: 10.908800E
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
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The economy of these villages was agriculture, and ox drawn ploughs were in use. Corn, vegetables and vines were cultivated, while goats, sheep. pigs and cattle were farmed. Horses were used for transportation and war. High quality products were produced, ceramic vases, worked deer horn, wool and textiles, and highly sophisticated bronze weapons and tools.
The Terramara di Montale was "rediscovered" in the second half of the 19th century, and excavations and investigations have been ongoing since then. It can be found in the modern day village of Montale, a few kilometres to the south of Modena down the SS12 road. There is plenty of free parking, and the park is open to the public on Sundays and public holidays during the summer. Group bookings can be arranged at other times.
In a little park area outside the church, faint remains of the ancient ditch and embankment can be seen, and there is an enclosed area where excavations were carried out in the 1990s, and many of the finds are displayed in here. However, it has a glass front, and so something of what is inside can be seen at all times.
The other thing to be seen here is the open air museum and part of a reconstructed village, with its fortifications and a couple of houses. This is where displays of various aspects of Terramara life are to be found, along with various experimental archaeology displays. The museum put on many activities for children and school parties in here. Outside of the opening times, much of this reconstructed village can be seen from outside, over the top of the fence and through gaps in the gates !
More info can be found at www.parcomontale.it
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