Museo Archeologico dell'Antica Calatia
Maddaloni (CE)
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The story
Inside a residence of the Carafa family sleeps the vanished city of Calatia: grave goods from the 8th century BC and an immersive room where the paving stones of the Appia light up beneath your feet as you walk towards Rome.
Access
FREE admission. Wed-Mon 9-20, closed on Tuesdays
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In Maddaloni, the grave goods from the necropolises of ancient Calatia, a city along the Via Appia.
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