Archaeological Museum of Gonfienti
Open since July 2022, the museum collects the archaeological remains that were found in the archaeological site of Gonfienti, between the municipalities of Prato and Campi Bisenzio and is located inside the Rocca Strozzi, that has been made available by the Municipality of Campi Bisenzio to the Superintendence of Archaeological Heritage of Tuscany.
The visitor route follows the three periods in which the site of Gonfienti was inhabited: the Bronze Age, the Etruscan period and the Roman one, with remains datable from the 16th century B.C. to the 4th century A.D.
The excavation campaigns have shown that Gonfienti was one of the largest settlements of Northern Italy, and it was inhabited continuously from the 16th to the 13th century B.C.; the numerous ceramic findings that were rediscovered testify to the daily activity of the village, especially for the production, preservation and consumption of food.
The vast Etruscan settlement, founded between the 6th and 5th, was organised according to a regular urban model; standing out among the various sectors that have been explored to date is the large residential building of Lot 14, that is developed on a rectangular plan of over 14000 sqm; the roof of this building, with tiles and antefixes of fine workmanship, has been reconstructed.
Even the Roman settlement has given us traces of a large building of imperial Roman times, with a series of rooms overlooking a central courtyard; on display is a portion of the "Tabula Peutingeriana" from this era, the ancient Roman map that shows the road system in the territories of the Empire.
Museo Archeologico Gonfienti