Visita at the Pithecusae museum of Ischia

In Lacco Ameno, Villa Arbusto hosts the Pithecusae archaeological museum in Ischia which, with its complex collection, traces the history of Ischia which was the oldest Greek settlement.

To get to the Villa Arbusto complex, from Ischia Porto, you need to take the CS, 1 or 2 buses and get off at San Lorenzo.

The current museum is the expansion of the original Museum of the Island of Ischia, opened by the archaeologist Buchner and the volcanologist Rittman.

Today’s collection includes archaeological finds about the history of Ischia ranging from prehistory to the Roman age.

Two rooms are completely dedicated to the history of Pithecusa. The oldest and most important Italian Greek colony, while in the last room there are objects from the ancient Roman period and finds recovered from the submerged city of Aenaria, in the Cartaromana bay.

The jewel in the museum’s cap is certainly Nestor’s cup, a chalice that is part of a funerary object discovered by Buchner, dating back to the 8th century and considered one of the oldest examples of alphabetic writing.