Beneath our feet hides a Veneto of buried cities, Roman roads, necropolises, temples, baths and river ports. An incredible archaeological heritage, which crosses the entire region and is intertwined with natural landscapes, villages and cities filled with art.
Some of the places not to be missed include Altino, a crossroads between land and lagoon and the cradle of the future Venice; Adria and Este, with their national archaeological museums that tell the story of the Etruscan and Venetic civilisations; Padua, with excavations in the historic centre; Verona, where the Arena is only the most visible part of an underground Roman city; Oderzo, where ancient history relives among the streets of the city and precious archaeological finds and Feltre, Montegrotto Terme, Concordia Sagittaria and Vicenza, where the past emerges under the stones of the cities.
A particularly evocative route is the Via Annia, the ancient Roman road that connected Adria to Aquileia crossing the plain and the lagoon; today, starting from Concordia Sagittaria and arriving in Polesine, you can retrace the route past archaeological remains, museums and stunning landscapes.
Are you interested in Venetian archaeology? Would you like to know more? Discover the official ArcheoVeneto.it portal.
And archaeology in Veneto is not just ancient history! Alongside our rivers and canals and in the heart of our urban centres there are still traces of an industrial past that marked both the landscape and society between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
In Schio, the textile industry has left an extraordinary heritage: the Lanificio Rossi, a woollen mill now converted into a cultural space; the impressive Fabbrica Alta; the Jacquard Garden and other factory buildings that tell the story of the birth of the ‘Italian Manchester’.
Along the banks of the Sile, industrial archaeology is intertwined with the river landscape. Studded with mills, hydraulic systems, old locks and river ports, the Regional Natural Park preserves ample industrial heritage, which can be accessed on foot or by bike along the Greenway that follows the course of the river.
