Rhaetian Museum

The Rhaetian Museum is located in Sanzeno, in Casalini, the starting point of the science-oriented trail to the pilgrimage site San Romedio.

The exhibition itinerary is a fascinating travel through time, spanning from Prehistory to the High Middle Ages. It gives you an insight on the key events of the ancient history of the Val di Non and shows you the traces left by Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, the first Neolithic farmers, the metalworkers of the Copper Age, as well as the places of worship of the Bronze Age and settlement and burial goods from the High Middle Ages.

The Raeti people were farmers, animal breeders and skilled artisans who settled Trentino, South Tyrol (Alto Adige), Tirol and the Lower Engadine (Bassa Engadina) in the Pre-Roman era between the mid-6th and the 1st century BC. Many different objects vouching for their rich material culture are displayed in the museum: artworks, cult objects, work tools and tools used in everyday life, as well as statues, burial goods, epigraphic documents and even traces of new Eastern cults. In the 1st century BC, the ongoing Romanisation and thus the introduction of new customs and traditions, lead to a standstill in the evolution of Rhaetian culture.

The museum journey ends with the tragic death of the Holy Martyrs of Anaunia (Santi Martiri d'Anaunia), a prelude to the definitive triumph of Christianity.