Description of the attraction
The Volcano San Venanzo Park and Museum occupies an area in Umbria around three small volcanic craters, each about 500 meters in diameter and up to 30 meters high, which were active about 250 thousand years ago. The sea that covered this area in prehistoric times is today known as the Sea of San Venanzo after the name of the nearby town. In addition to craters, there are other interesting geological formations, for example, the so-called Pian di Celle - a rock made of volcanic tuff 800 meters to the south. Or Anello di Lapilli di Celli - a rock 500 meters east of Pian di Celle.
Visiting volcanic craters and viewing frozen lava flows are popular with tourists visiting Umbria. Here you can also find rare stones and minerals, the most famous of which is undoubtedly venancite.
Over the years, the San Venanzo Park Museum has become one of the main attractions for eco-tourism lovers, as well as for numerous groups of schoolchildren who come here on excursions. Here, with the help of experienced staff, you can learn a lot of interesting facts about unusual rock formations, about the processes of metamorphism and volcanoes of the planet. The museum itself is located in a historic building in the old city center of San Venanzo near the Villa Comunale park. Expositions in each room introduce visitors to the volcano of San Venanzo and bring them closer to the understanding of world geology. Of particular interest is the open-air section of the museum - this is a 2-kilometer route that clearly demonstrates the history of the volcano, during which you can also see the remains of an ancient quarry - an excellent example of how building material was mined in antiquity.
