The Stele Statues told in the Museum of the Piagnaro Castle
Perhaps the most evocative of all the museums in Lunigiana, housed in the PiagnaroCastle the Stele Statues Museum of Lunigiana contains the exhibition of sandstone statues, built by the populations who inhabited Lunigiana between the 4th and 1st millennium BC
Male and female human figures, sculpted and represented through abstract shapes, still remain today one of the major unsolved enigmas. There is no certainty regarding the reason why they were carved, but they were found all over Lunigiana: from Pontremoli to Filattiera to Fivizzano.
They have been divided by archaeologists into 3 typological groups (A, B and C). Made between the Copper and Iron Ages, the Stele Statues have gone through the centuries undergoing mutilations and concealments, sometimes even used during the Byzantine era for the construction of “Pievi” and in the Middle Ages of private houses. Today they represent the most important symbol of Lunigiana. The Museum in the Piagnaro Castle is today the most representative in Italy, both for the enormous number of statues found and the information about the discovery sites.
Where is the Stele Statues Museum?
The Museum is inside the Piagnaro Castle, in the historical centre of PontremoliBorgo di Pontremoli.
How to visit the Stele StatuesMuseum
The Castle is open every day throughout the year, we recommend visiting the museum website where you will find the updated opening hours.
THE CASTLE AND THE MUSEUM ARE FREE OF ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS, SO THEY CAN BE VISITED BY E VERYONE INCLUDING DISABLED PEOPLE.
How to reach the Stele StatuesMuseum
It is possible to reach the Museum in the Piagnaro Castle both on foot, going up from the historical centre of the medieval town of Pontremoli or by taking the lift located directly in the “Porta Parma” car park, near the old hospital.
Nearby you will find
The medieval town of Pontremoli, the Villa Dosi Delfini, the Pavesi Ruschi-Noceti Palace, the Dosi – Magnavacca Palace, the Straits of Giaredo .
