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Archeology Archeological Park and Museum exhibit area of the Pistono Lake - Moltalto Dora The exhibit space for Archeology of the Pistono Lake was inaugurated in November 2012 inside the town halls, documenting the Prehistory of the inframorainic lakes of Ivrea from the Neolithic period to the Metal Age. The culture and lifestyle of these first inhabitants of a land between mountains and water are told through archeologicalartifacts of significant scientific importance. The exhibit develops between themed units corresponding to display cabinets and … read more... Gallery Pera Cunca Released by the Balteo glacier during its withdrawal (approximately 18,000 years ago) has a rounded form and at the centre a large oral cavity. Around it there are dozens of deep cup marks connected by a system of containers, some of them communicating with the central basin. Based on the must recent publications (*), scholars attribute a cultural function to the rock, this fits quite well with the information know to us related to religious activities of the … read more... Gallery Pons Maior and quay The connections between the Northern quay of the DuriaMaior, where the Eporedia was, and the Southern one was guaranteed by the Ponte Vecchio, which even today preserves the Roman structure at the base with only two asymmetric arches, and the even more monumental Ponte Maggiore, build approximately 500 metres downstream. The remains of the structure, emerging the first time in the river bed during the flood of 1977, they were studied and documented during the work … read more... Roman Amphitheatre Towards the end of the 1st century AD even Eporedia was equipped with an amphitheatre, a large elliptical building destined to house ten to fifteen thousand spectators, dedicated to gladiator games, hunting shows and capital execution of “dannati ad bestias”, meaning those condemned to be torn to pieces or torn to shreds by ferocious beasts. The complex was along the road towards Vercelli, at the South placed against an imposing wall whose purpose was to support … read more... Roman Ivrea The Pretoria Gate probably stood at the entrance of the current Via Palestro, but no traces of this have ever been found. Instead, it is certain that the street followed the route of the Decumanus Maximum, because during various restoration work the antique Roman paving of the ducumano was found, slightly wider than 5 metres, where many cardines minores converged. Next to the entrance of Via Palestro, the building that houses the branch of the IstitutoBancario San … read more... Gallery
