Find out the underground roots of the city in the company of a professional archaeologist!
The tour includes a guided visit to three underground sites and a conclusion at the Civic Archaeological Museum “F. Eusebio,” lasting about an hour and a half.
Complimentary for participants: the archeomap, free admission to the Civic Archaeological Museum “F. Eusebio,” €1 discount to climb the bell tower of St. Joseph.
From the time of Alba Pompeia (as the city was called in the centuries of Roman times), what is now the historic center has seen generations of cities succeed one after another in the same place.
The medieval city grew on the remains of the Roman one, the modern one took its place without completely erasing it, and so on, until the present city, which unknowingly is shaped in its form by the urban features of Alba Pompeia.
Of the last two thousand years of history much has remained in the belly of the city’s subsoil, a few meters below the streets and sidewalks, fragments of vanished cities, ancestors of today’s Alba, which go to make up the rich heritage of the F. Eusebio Museum, the city’s Monumental Archaeological Route and its many underground routes.
The temple, theater and forum from Roman times, mosaics and domus, ancient walls, the first baptismal font and disappeared medieval towers…come discover the city’s underground roots in the company of a professional archaeologist!
Since 2011 under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture
WHEN:
Every day of Vinum
Tours at 10.00 a.m. 11.00 a.m., 2 p.m., 3.00 p.m., 4.00 p.m. e 5.00 p.m.
Participants are requested to arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes before the chosen time.
WHERE:
The tours start from the meeting point in front of the Town Hall or the tourist office in Piazza Risorgimento 1 or 2 (known as “del Duomo”).
INFORMATION FOR VISITORS
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
Each tour round has a minimum/maximum number of participants, so it is required with as much advance notice as possible.
If you book through the websitewww.ambientecultura.it by the preceding Wednesday, you are entitled to discounts and reductions.
www.ambientecultura.it section EVENTS (choose the date of your interest from the list in chronological order)
CONTACTS
SMS +39 3397349949
WhatsApp only +39 3426433395
The ticket includes access to the 23 rooms of the ‘Federico Eusebio’ Archaeological and Natural Science Museum, a one-euro discount to climb the bell tower of San Giuseppe, a complimentary archeomap, and discounts on photographic books of UNESCO landscapes.
