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Museum · Magliano Vetere (SA)

Palaeontological Museum (Magliano Vetere)

  • Visit: about 1 h 30 min
  • 681 m
Pictured: Magliano Vetere · Geofix · CC BY-SA 3.0 · resized and cropped

Palaeontological museum in Magliano Vetere devoted to the fossils of Cilento, with a diorama of the Cretaceous landscape.

The Palaeontological Museum of Magliano Vetere is the fruit of more than twenty years of research on the fossil beds of the Alburni and the Vesole-Chianiello massif, and of the discovery in the village of a site with Cretaceous land plants. It is at once an exhibition space, an educational centre and a research facility in the heart of the Cilento Park.The rooms tell the history of the Earth, from the origins of the universe to the birth of the Apennines, with fossils illustrating the evolution of life. We like the large walk-through diorama recreating Cilento a hundred million years ago. We recommend visiting with children, who can try the excavation and microscopy workshops.

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