Between Salt and Archaeology

MUSA-Museo del Sale: sala 1

Scavi archeologici Patro della Rosa | © MUSA

MUSA - Museo del Sale | © MUSA - Museo del Sale

At the MUSA - Cervia Salt Museum, a free guided tour to discover the salt civilisation, the magical environment of the salt mine and the history of Cervia in the company of an expert salt miner.

The guided tour is organised by the salt workers of the Civiltà Salinara cultural group and, on some occasions, Dr. Giovanna Montevecchi, historian and archaeologist.

Finds discovered in the area will be reviewed: from the finds of an early medieval ship discovered in Savio in 1956 to the fragment of a jellyfish-head funeral monument found in the mid-1950s in the Montaletto area and consigned to MUSA by the children of the "Buonarroti" primary school after careful restoration by the Superintendency.
Also on display at the museum are the pilgrim's ampullae found around the Pieve di Pisignano and the skilful compositions of coloured marble from the mosaic carpets of the church of San Martino prope litus maris discovered in 1989 in the area of the salt pans. Ceramic and glass materials from old Cervia also complete the picture of local history.

A journey through time to discover the origins of the town of Cervia, its development as a salt town, its move to the sea, the vicissitudes dictated by the wealth that salt represented for centuries in the town, up to its evolution into a tourist resort.

The guided tour is included in the entrance ticket.

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