Numerous loans from the Ministry of Culture and the Superintendencies of Veneto, Emilia Romagna, Tuscany, and Lazio. For a project of great national scope which also wants to be a example of promotion of the Italian archaeological heritage. La show Etruscans and Venetians. Waters, cults and sanctuaries, from March 6th to September 29th inDoge's Apartment in the Doge's Palace in Venice, is a historical story that aims to bring archaeology back to its most authentic dimension, as recalled during the presentation press conference Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli. "And it doesn't exist - he added - more suitable place than Venice, the city of water par excellence".
750 precious artefacts on display at the Palazzo Ducale, many never before exhibited.
In the complex and multifaceted relationship between water and the sacred, the exhibition offers approximately 750 artifacts. Some are extremely rare and have never been exhibited to the public.. Testimonies of the fascinating world of ancient religious practices in which water had a generative, therapeutic, and identity-building value. Moving between the Etruscan and Venetian civilizations, going to discover the many analogies that connect these two worlds, both linked to water and its life-giving, healthy, sacred energy. An unpublished and hitherto little explored theme. Not so much in the "Comparison between the Etruscan and Venetian civilizations, already the subject of scientific reflection and updating of knowledge – explains the curator Chiara Squarcina– as in his desire to investigate the relationship with the sacredness of water in the Etruscan and Venetian worlds, in an attempt to highlight their affinities and specificities".
The exhibition is organized by the Civic Museums of Venice in collaboration with the Luigi Rovati Foundation which will host a second exhibition in Milan next autumn. It is the story of two peoples, Etruscan and Venetian, whose relationship has linked the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas. In the background, the common denominator is the Mediterranean Sea.Which represents a dimension of openness – underlines Minister Giuli – Typical of our peninsula since ancient times. A place of exchange, commerce, but also of important cultural transmissions.”. The exhibition therefore aims to be a successful and fascinating example of relationships and affinities between peoples, landscapes, beliefs, communities, "Where testimonies that come from distant eras are living fragments, capable of speaking to the present".
The many places differently linked to water, from Etruria to Veneto
In its exhibition path, Etruscans and Venetians. Waters, Cults, and Sanctuaries It moves between the Etruscan religious world and the waters of the great healing sanctuaries of inland Etruria, up to the northern Adriatic ports of Adria and Spina, presenting finds that reveal the rites linked to navigation and sacred landings. In the spaces dedicated to The Venetians and the Sacred The healing waters return with testimonies from the Montegrotto area and the Lagole di Calalzo area. Passing through sacred places with various ties to water, such as river sanctuaries, until arriving at Altino, a sacred port of the Venetians, open to the Adriatic, Mediterranean, and lagoon routes, a center of worship but also a welcoming place for diverse communities. The exhibition stands out for its quality of the exhibits on display, some of which come from very recent excavations. And for the scientific system that supports it, the result of shared work and great institutional collaborationAn exhibition that is a virtuous example of synergy between public and private entities.
(Featured photo: left: Montebelluna Disc, right: Head of Leucothea from Pyrgi; credits: exhibition press office)
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