Museo Civico Archeologico di Bisaccia
Bisaccia (AV)
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The story
The Princess of Bisaccia sleeps here: a princely tomb of the 7th century BC with its gold, found in a land long believed to have always been poor.
Access
Modest entrance fee; check opening times
The story
The Civic Archaeological Museum of Bisaccia is housed in the Ducal Castle of the town, in the old centre. It tells the history of the territory in the protohistoric and archaic age through the grave goods of the tombs discovered on the hill of the Cimitero Vecchio: over 800 finds chosen from the funerary goods of fifty tombs of the first and second Iron Age, between the end of the ninth and the seventh century BC.
What to see
On the ground floor of the Ducal Castle, the exhibition route follows a chronological order along which the finds of the excavations parade. The most famous piece is the grave goods of the so-called 'Princess' of Bisaccia, among the richest testimonies of the necropolis.
Tips
The museum is inside the Ducal Castle of Bisaccia, in Corso Romuleo: it is visited together with the old centre. Admission is by ticket, at a modest price: check the current hours and fare on the official site. It is reached by car from the A16, Lacedonia exit.
Frequently asked questions
What is kept in the Civic Archaeological Museum of Bisaccia?
Over 800 finds from the funerary goods of fifty tombs of the first and second Iron Age (end of the ninth–seventh century BC), discovered on the hill of the Cimitero Vecchio.
Where is the museum of Bisaccia?
In the Ducal Castle of Bisaccia, in Corso Romuleo, in the old centre, in the province of Avellino.
What is the most famous find of the museum of Bisaccia?
The grave goods of the so-called 'Princess' of Bisaccia, among the richest of the necropolis.
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