"Traces of Invisible Archaeology in the Upper Valdarno" is the new exhibit that will remain open to visitors in the rooms of Figline's Palazzo Pretorio (Piazza San Francesco). It is a didactic exhibition, designed for those approaching Archaeology for the first time and created by children and adults who, on various occasions, have participated in projects or workshops curated by Archeo Club Valdarno Superiore, the association promoting the exhibition route (together with the Municipality of Figline and Incisa, Banca BCC and La Ceramica).
Both the materials on display (photos and objects) and the paneling, therefore, were produced by participants in these workshops, including about 10 Valdarno classes of various school levels and grades, summer center children and Archeoclub members: all of whom tried their hand at reproducing Etruscan vases, working with and restoring pottery shards and various materials, digging, spinning and many other experimental activities .
The exhibition-which opened on May 26 at 5 p.m. in the presence ofCouncillor Mattia Chiosi-will remain on display until Nov. 11 and can be visited in the following ways: on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Admission is free (for reservations: 340.7730178).
There are two exhibition phases proposed by Archeo Club: the first, which runs from May 26 to the end of August, is entitled "Understanding Archaeology" and will be mainly dedicated to the excavations at La Rotta (Figline), where the remains of a rather important Etruscan settlement were discovered; the second, which will open on Sept. 15, will instead feature the exhibition of original Etruscan artifacts from the excavations at the Figline site.
This exhibition, in fact, is part of a larger project promoted by the Archeo Club Valdarno Superiore association and the Municipality of Figline and Incisa Valdarno precisely on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the excavations at La Rotta. It is a project that started already last March, with the lecture "The Scent of Ramtha's Skin" (on the life of Etruscan women) and continued in May, with the presentation of the volume "A Shadow in the Hands of Time" by Antonio Gottarelli (on an analytical research of the bronze liver of Piacenza, evidence of the culture and the relationship between Etruscan man and his gods), and will conclude, on the occasion of the Regional Day of the Etruscans, with a performance of dances and readings. Its title is "The Shadow of Evening," and it is scheduled for August in Figline.
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