Museo Civico Antonio Cerutti

About

The museum, in the archaeological section and the local nature and the Hills of Friuli. The current set-up, based on a scientific career and teaching, in the nature section of the morainic amphitheater of the Tagliamento, with samples of rocks and fossils, natural features of the various environments (Monte, Lake, hills and river) presented through dioramas and reconstructions of environments. Is finally put highlighted the eutrophication of the lake and the problem of its pollution. The archaeological section opens with a historical reconstruction of human evolution in general, introducing the archaeological material (clay and lithic) from setting up of Palus, near Lake and covering a span of time that goes from the recent Mesolithic Early Neolithic. They are then taken into account some specific issues related to the history of the local economy such as karst phenomena and the presence of caves, the extraction of peat and lignite, the presence of quarries conglomerate and tuff and the activities of the stonemasons to it connected.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 30 minutes