{"id":15165,"date":"2025-11-23T21:44:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T20:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montaione.filaretedev.it\/discover-montaione\/pretorio-museo\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:06:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:06:03","slug":"praetorian-palace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montaioneintuscany.it\/en\/discover-montaione\/praetorian-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"The Praetorian Palace and the Civic Archaeological Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15165\" class=\"elementor elementor-15165 elementor-14439\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26edd9a3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"26edd9a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40dd5e61 e-con-full mt-auto mb-4 e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"40dd5e61\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20aa39ec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"20aa39ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73abb0be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73abb0be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-426f98f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"426f98f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><ul id=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumb w-100\"><li class=\"item-home\"><a class=\"bread-link bread-home\" href=\"https:\/\/www.montaioneintuscany.it\/en\/\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"separator separator-home\">  |  <\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d052b5a py-5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d052b5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37a2641b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37a2641b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cc3cc94 mb-5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cc3cc94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>Praetorian Palace<\/strong> is one of the most prestigious buildings in the historic centre of Montaione.<\/p><p>The first documented evidence of the building dates back to the mid-thirteenth century, when the palace was already being used by the government officials of the town. It was the seat of the podest\u00e0 [chief magistrate] until 1772, and later hosted the Civic Magistracy. The fa\u00e7ade of the building is adorned with a series of stone and glazed terracotta coats of arms, which represent some of the families of the personages who held important positions in the government of the municipality over the centuries (the Davanzati, Cateni, Pescioni and Guardini). In 1786, the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Pietro Leopoldo, stayed in the palace. In honour of this occasion, the authorities had a commemorative marble inscription placed in the east hall on the first floor.<\/p><p>Today the building houses the <strong>Civic Archaeological Museum<\/strong> on the ground and first floors, while the municipal historical archive is located on the second floor.<\/p><p>A visit to the<strong> Civic Archaeological Museum<\/strong> allows you to take a journey back in time through a region that is full of interesting paleontological and archaeological finds, including the remains of Etruscan and Roman settlements. You will also learn about glass and ceramic production, which were very important to the history of Montaione.<\/p><p>The exhibition route follows a chronological order, starting from the large fossilised whale skeleton that dates back to around 4.5-3.9 million years ago, found near <a href=\"\/en\/discover-montaione\/castelfalfi\/\"><strong>Castelfalfi<\/strong><\/a> in the 1970s, located near the entrance.<\/p><p>In the first room on the ground floor, you can admire finds from Etruscan and Roman necropolises, which provide a wealth of information on daily life in these settlements. In the region, stelae, cippi and the remains of bucchero ceramics have been found, and numerous cavities in the rock have also been surveyed, which functioned as the \u201cchamber\u201d tombs of at least three necropolises that were in use between the sixth and second century BC.<\/p><p>The so-called \u201cCapuchin\u201d tombs date from a later period. The room contains furnishings that were taken from these tombs, such as cinerary urns and ceramic fragments. Among these, the Stela of the Warrior stands out: a large travertine stela from the sixth century BC, which features a portrait of a warrior with a helmet, spear and shield, and an inscription.<\/p><p>The second room is dedicated to the settlement of Poggio Carlotta and contains ceramic fragments of grave goods that related to domestic, agricultural and craft activities. The exhibition continues with finds from the centuries-old site of S. Stefano (from the end of the ninth century BC to the Middle Ages).<\/p><p>The first room on the first floor features finds from the Bellafonte site, which came from two kilns that were used to produce Etruscan Hellenistic pottery (fragments of amphorae and ceramic grave goods), and from a deep circular well, which most likely served a rural settlement. The well, whose perimeter has been reconstructed in a reduced scale in the room, was filled with bricks, ceramics and metals between the seventh century BC and the second century AD.<\/p><p>In the last room, there are fragments of polychrome mosaic floors from the area of Sant\u2019Antonio, probably belonging to a villa from the Roman imperial period (first-fourth century AD). Finally, the <a href=\"\/en\/discover-montaione\/roman-cistern\/\"><strong>Roman Cistern<\/strong><\/a>, one of the most conspicuous Roman remains in the entire Valdelsa region: this room contains a section of the aqueduct that was made up of a terracotta fistulae, which brought water from the cistern to nearby settlements. The archaeological site of the <a href=\"\/en\/discover-montaione\/roman-cistern\/\"><strong>Roman Cistern<\/strong><\/a> is open to the public, located about 1 km south of Montaione, along the road to Volterra.<\/p><p>In July 2025, important finds from the latest excavations at Sant\u2019Antonio were added to the exhibition: the <strong>statue of Hercules resting after his twelve labours<\/strong> and a <em>glirarium<\/em>. The white marble statue, presumably dating back to the 3rd century AD, depicts the hero, recognisable by his club and leont\u00e9, the skin of the Nemean lion he defeated in his first labour. The bull under the club is interpreted either as an allusion to the seventh labour (the killing of the Cretan bull) or as a sacrificial victim offered to Hercules. The rarity of this find underlines the importance of the settlement of Sant\u2019Antonio in Montaione.<\/p><p>The <strong><em>glirarium<\/em><\/strong> is a large container with holes in the walls, containers and internal walkways, a vessel intended for breeding dormice. The practice of breeding these rodents in terracotta containers for food is attested throughout the Roman period and is documented by Varro in the 1st century BC, who describes in detail the characteristics of these containers.<\/p><p>Inside the <em>gliraria<\/em>, closed by a lid, the dormice were fed with walnuts, acorns or chestnuts. Dormouse meat was a luxury food on the tables of the wealthier classes, so much so that its consumption was often a way of flaunting one\u2019s wealth. The presence of this container among the excavation finds therefore provides us with interesting information about the dietary habits of the inhabitants of the S. 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