Desenzano Museum Marks 10 Years with New Prehistory Book Presentation
With a conference scheduled for this afternoon at 5 p.m. in the Sala Pelér of Palazzo Todeschini, the Comune di Desenzano intends to pay tribute to one of the most significant milestones in its artistic and cultural history: the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Civic Museum “Giovanni Rambotti”.
Book presentation on the history of the museum
An event centered around the presentation of the book “Il museo Rambotti: un’Introduzione alla preistoria del lago di Garda”, authored by the curator of the same Civic Museum, Professor Raffaele De Marinis, full professor of Prehistory and Protohistory at the University of Milan.
He will be joined by Professor Giovanni Leonardi (Chair of Paleonthology at the University of Padua) and Dr. Annaluisa Pedrotti (Department of Philological and Historical Sciences at the University of Trento).
The proceedings will be inaugurated by Cultural Councilor Emanuele Giustacchini.
The initiative is organized by the Department of Culture, while the creation of De Marinis’s work is credited to the Municipality and the Region.
Content of the book and description of the museum
The book provides a detailed account of the characteristics of the “Rambotti” Museum, located on Lungolago Anelli, listing the objects and artifacts displayed in each showcase, accompanied by an introductory comment on each section.
While following the thematic thread of the various sections of the museum exhibit, the Office of Culture of the Municipality and other experts opted to write an introduction to the prehistory of the Garda region in general, and of the territories of Desenzano and Lonato in particular, to help understand the different themes illustrated in each section.
The most significant objects and Rambotti’s recognition
The most renowned and valuable piece among the many stored is the Lavagnone plow, discovered in 1978, belonging to the earliest phase of the Polada culture, around 2040 B.C.
Alongside the one from Walle, in Lower Saxony, the Lavagnone plow remains the oldest plow in the world that has come down to us.
The Museum is aptly named after Desenzanese Giovanni Rambotti (1817-1896), the discoverer of the Polada pile-dwelling. The collection has recently been enriched with other important artifacts.