L’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 artifacts from the pre- and protohistoric sites of the Clanis Valley are exhibited; educational panels illustrate the geomorphology of the Avellano territory and the distribution of the known archaeological sites in the settlement of ancient Abella. The second room is dedicated to the necropolises of Abella; the exhibition includes a selection of burial 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 made in the area of the current historic center (via Mulini): an Oscan inscription that recalls the construction of public buildings by the magistrate Maio Vestirikio (late 2nd century BC). The third room is divided into two sections: in the first, an exceptional archaic-age burial is displayed, which includes a rich example of local ceramic productions and imported ceramics 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 finds document, in the first case, the existence of a cult related to fertility (kourotrophoi statuettes) and healing (anatomical ex-votos); in the second case, they denote the worship of Italic deities, among which the figure of Hercules stands out.
Information about Antiquarium di Avella
Via Francesco De Sanctis, 16
83021 Avella (Avellino)
0818251044
sar-cam.avella@beniculturali.it
https://www.archeosa.beniculturali.it
Source: MIBACT
