Stilt houses museum

Stilt houses museum has origin when, in 1929, it was lowered the water level of the lake to allow the construction of the communication channel with the hydroelectric power station of Riva del Garda, came to light a multitude of poles that are then revealed to be of prehistoric origin.

Stilt houses museum: For three decades the area was in a state of neglect and often suffered theft and excavations by strangers, until the area was placed under surveillance by the Superintendent of Padua, by shutting down the sacks and starting to re-evaluate the area . With three sessions respectively excavation in 1961, in 1965 and 1967, were discovered many artifacts, many to justify the establishment of an on-site museum, its construction lasted from 1968 to 1972, creating a wooden building with large windows, for leave a clear field of view of the visitor among the finds and the excavation area at the center of the museum is located a canoe is 4.5 meters in length and 75 cm in width, are shown in the rest of the room several ceramic finds, tools bronze, bone, wood. Outside it was placed a reproduction of how you think they were the huts of the time.