IT-PM-01
Viverone (BI) / Azeglio (TO) | VI.1-Emissario
Short Description
The foundation of the village was comprised of nearly five thousand piles, driven into the sandy bed of the lake, at about two meters in depth. The analysis of these diments that is currently underway will make it possible tounderstand, whether the huts were built in the water,or on land. The village was circular in plan, with a diameter of seventy meters .From the alignment of the piles, it is possible to recognise the floor plans of huts and pens, perhaps where animals were kept. The bronze objects found on the bed of the lakewere in clusters, which makes it possible to reconstruct, how the women dressed and how the warriors were armed.
Bronze Age
Middle Bronze Age 1450 - 1400 B.C.
Lago di Viverone
230 m.a.s.l.
Size of the site 5,86 ha / appiox. 8 soccer pitches
Size of the bufferzone 852,77 ha / approx. 1194 soccer pitches
Special Features & Highlights
It is a typical, as well as a unique example, of a pile-dwelling settlement of a cultural group, important for the development of architecture, individual buildings and habitats. It is an important site for the understanding of the relationships between northern Italy and central Europe.
Current Activities
Monitoring of lake pollution. Prohibition of navigation on the site
Pile Dwellings up close
The site cannot be visited. It can be approached with non-motor boats. An installation is mounted on the opposite bank, near the town of Viverone.
Musei Reali – Museo di Antichità,
piazzetta Reale 1,
Torino,
to the website
Museo Civico “P.A.Garda”,
piazza Ottinetti,
Ivrea,
to the website
Museo del Territorio Biellese,
via Quintino Sella 54/b,
Biella,
to the website
Comune di Viverone - Centro di documentazione del Lago di Viverone,
via Umberto I 107,
Viverone,
to the website