What to do and see in Nardo, Puglia: The Best Museums

Established through the efforts APME - Association Pro Murals Jewish, the Museum, owned by the city, was built to a design by Luca Zevi and inaugurated in 2009. The museum contains historical remains of international importance, as the original Murals painted by Zvi Miller and welcomes visitors from all over the world. Immediately after the war, thousands of people survived the Nazis poured in Puglia. The Allied forces, British and American, spotted in the village of Santa Maria al Bagno, a seaside resort since ancient times, and in the town of Dine and Mondonuovo, ideal places in which to set up a refugee camp widespread. Overlooking the picturesque bay of Santa Maria al Bagno, of the municipality of Nardo, the Museum of Memory and Hospitality tells a story of rebirth, integration and solidarity.

Located in the former convent of St. Anthony of Padua, the Museum hosts a collection of finds from archaeological digs done since the early sixties in the caves of the Regional Natural Park of Portoselvaggio and Palude del Capitano. A high concentration of caves frequented by man since the Paleolithic Age, the Neolithic site of Serra Cicora and Bronze Age fortifications make this Park a unique place for the richness of its landscapes and the history of its inhabitants, studied and divulged at MPN. The narration starts from about 75 million years ago, highlighting the environmental and cultural changes occurred through millennia and the modifications to the landscapes introduced by Homo neanderthalensis and then by Homo sapiens. Also, MPN preserves the most ancient osteological remains attributed to Homo sapiens in Europe, dating back to about 45,000 years ago. MPN activates research projects with the local Soprintendenza, Universities and other entities operating in the same field.

Life and productions of the famous Vittorio Bodini, poet and translator.

Il Museo della Città e del Territorio è sede di un percorso museale sulla storia di Nardò dal periodo Romano sino all'età contemporanea. The Museum of City and Territory is the site of a museum itinerary on the history of Nardò from the Roman period up to the contemporary age.