MegaMuseo

The MegaMuseo in Aosta, Italy, is not just a museum; it is a keyhole into the past, a time capsule that transports visitors back thousands of years to when human societies were first beginning to form. This museum, originally constructed as an archaeological area in the early 2000s, encloses the largest covered megalithic area in Europe. It is located in the Saint-Martin-de-Corléans district of Aosta, one of Italy’s most beautiful cities, nestled in the far northwest of the country.

The MegaMuseo, also known as the Area Megalitica di Saint-Martin-de-Corléans, covers approximately 10,000 square metres and is considered of major importance for the study of European prehistory and protohistory. It documents over 6,000 years of human activity, from the late Neolithic period through the Middle Ages. The site is of exceptional preservation, with ritual and funerary monuments, including aligned wooden post holes, anthropomorphic steles, dolmen tombs, and cist burials, all maintained in their original location beneath a modern architectural envelope.

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