The Antiquarium was inaugurated in 1996 and consists of four exhibition rooms, organized according to chronological and thematic criteria. In the first room, the most significant finds from the pre- and protohistoric sites of the Clanis Valley are displayed; the educational panels illustrate the geomorphology of the Avella area and the distribution of archaeological sites known in the ancient Abella settlement. The second room is dedicated to the necropolises of Abella; the exhibition features a selection of funeral furnishings found in the necropolises identified in the localities of S. Nazzaro and S. Paolino. In the same room, it is also possible to see an exceptional find discovered in the area of the current historic center (via Mulini): an Oscan inscription commemorating the construction of public buildings by the magistrate Maio Vestirikio (late 2nd century B.C.). The third room is divided into two sections: in the first, an exceptional archaic-age burial is displayed, featuring a rich showcase of local ceramic productions and pottery imported from the Etruscan and Greek areas. In the second section, materials from two extra-urban sacred areas, located in Seminario and Campochiaro, are exhibited. The findings document, in the first case, the existence of a cult linked to fertility (kourotrophoi figurines) and healing (anatomical ex-voto), and in the second, the worship of Italic deities among which the figure of Hercules stands out.
Information about Antiquarium of Avella
Via Francesco De Sanctis, 16
83021 Avella (Avellino)
0818251044
sar-cam.avella@beniculturali.it
https://www.archeosa.beniculturali.it
Source: MIBACT
