Collections

Il "Parco culturale-archeologico Corte Cavanella" è costituito da:

a) Collection of the studies and images related to the excavation campaigns in Cavanella (1981-88). Text and image elaboration of the site in Cavanella managed by the Archaeological Superintendence of Veneto.

b) Text and image elaboration of the Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta of Baldassarre Longhena (1658), Church of the Madonnina, Oratory of the Confraternity of SS. Trinity in Retinella, Church of the Madonna del Pilastro in Pilastro (1533) and of some civil buildings.

c) New set-ups: they consist in reconstructions on 8 panels with images, drawings and texts of the history of Loreo since the Roman Age up to 1600 A.D.:
1) "The Territory of Loreo 2000 years ago"
2) "The via Popilia and the via costiera"
3) "The Roman villa in Corte Cavanella"
4) "What was found in the villa" (jars, pots, amphora, luxury objects and pieces of furniture)
5) "Boats and the river navigation" - "The end of the villa and the end of the ancient world"
6) "The birth and development of Portus Laureti between the Middle Ages and the Serenissima age"
7) "The most important monuments of Loreo. Churches"
8) "The most important monuments of Loreo. Civil buildings."
The Archaeological Superintendence of Veneto edits texts, images and drawings of panels 1-5. .

d) Virtual reconstruction of the site (edited by Cineca in Bologna), a multimedia station for virtual navigation placed in the central room of the building.

e) Set-up of 2 display windows with significant findings from Corte Cavanella: eating and drinking jars, kitchen pots, transport amphora, luxury objects.

f) Model which reproduces findings of the foundations of the villa, dockyard, and boats, following the excavation campaign in Corte Cavanella.