Sito Archeologico Di Belfort

Scavi di Piuro

MUSEUM OF PIURO The Museum of Piuro excavations aims to preserve , exhibit and promote the relics found during the archaeological excavations made in the area affected by the landslide of 1618.

Excellent Progress by Swiss/Italian Team

At the end of August we brought our friends to see the "Scavi di Piuro" and we were extremely surprised at the wonderful progress and speed of execution made by the Associazione Italo/ Svizzera Scavi ...

A lost place emerges

Think of a narrow Alpine valley, in the 1600's, the busiest route for merchants and travellers between the north and south of medieval Europe. Think of the city which sprang up there, full of life and...

Historical Treat

In September 1618 after two weeks of continuous rain 1,000 people died in Belfort when an avalanche buried almost all the village, which included a major Palace owned by the same family that owned Pal...

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Original Text

A villa ruin was destroyed by the collapse of the mountain in 1638, very interesting even if only little to see