GROUND FLOOR - ROOM I

From the Neolithic to the Roman period

The exhibition route starts with some items dating between the late Neolithic and the Iron Age, among which those coming from the excavations in Poggio Castellano. Works carried out in this site brought to light some traces of a small Villanovan settlement (8th century B.C.).

Here on display are also the items coming from the Sanctuary of Tanaccia: bronze statuettes of devotees, ex-votos representing anatomic parts, coins and pottery (5th century B.C. – 4th century A.D.).

The last case shows some remains of the Roman Period found in various places of San Marino territory. Among them are two valuable bronze statuettes, a man on his horse and Mercury sit on a rock (1st – 2nd century A.D.). Praiseworthy is also a bronze statuette of a devotee wearing a toga (1st – 2nd century A.D.) discovered at Sant’Igne in San Leo and donated to the Museum in 1898.