Museum of Parrano

The Territorial Documentation Center of Parrano was created with three basic objectives in mind. The first was to make the most of a unique landscape – that of the Tane del Diavolo (or Devil’s Lair) – where environmental aspects and the vicissitudes of the oldest peoples who lived in the area go hand in hand. Traces of these peoples, dating to the Paleolithic and the Bronze Age, have been found in caves in the rock wall that rises up over the Fosso del Bagno. The second was to document the various forms of “civilization” which followed each other in the course of time, from prehistory to the classic era, up to the Middle Ages and modern times. The third was to make the center a place for the environmental education of school children and students, but also for citizens and curious tourists, where the term environment is extended to include settlement by human beings. The exhibits of finds and documents are subdivided into four sections. The first of a naturalistic nature is aimed at reconstructing the physical vicissitudes of the area. The second deals with the first human settlements and their occupation of the territory. The third is dedicated to the classic period. The fourth to the birth of the medieval inhabited center, the forms of organization of the community, of the dominant families. The Forra di Parrano and the complex of caves can be visited upon reservation and have an itinerary equipped for canyoning.