The University of Milan in Angera (Lake Maggiore - Italy): giving a new life to the Angera Archive forty years after the end of the archaeological excavations

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https://doi.org/10.54103/2035-4797/30376

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Angera; Civic Archaeological Museum of Angera; University of Milan; Archives; Archaeology; History of Archaeology

Abstract

The paper examines the significant role played by the University of Milan in archaeological investigations carried out in Angera (Lake Maggiore - Italy) between 1975 and 1986, as well as its scientific contribution to the establishment of the Civic Archaeological Museum. Nearly forty years after the end of the excavations, this paper presents a new project aimed at reorganizing, digitizing, and promoting the archive record related to these archaeological investigations housed at the Archaeology Section of the Department of Cultural and Environmental Heritage at the University of Milan.

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Anna Bernardoni, Civic Archaeological Museum Khaled al-Asaad in Arona

Anna Bernardoni is Museum Curator at the Civic Archaeological Museum Khaled al-Asaad in Arona (Lake Maggiore, Italy) and Head of Educational Services and Communication at the Civic Archaeological Museum of Angera (Lake Maggiore, Italy). Her work focuses on museology, heritage education, and cultural project development. At the Museum of Angera, she has conceived and supervised several scientific projects awarded with ministerial and regional funding, contributing to the city’s cultural and touristic growth through the creation of numerous experiential itineraries, lectures and educational workshops. Since 2021, she has been involved in the reinstallation of the museum’s prehistoric section, as well as in archival research on the history of excavations and archaeological discoveries in the local area.

Emanuele E. Intagliata , University of Milan

Emanuele E. Intagliata teaches Christian and Medieval Archaeology at the University of Milan. His research focuses on frontier communities in the Middle East and the South Caucasus between Late Antiquity and the early Islamic period, as well as rural communities in Northern Italy. Author of numerous essays on Late Antiquity urban planning, he has directed and participated in excavations and surveys in Italy, Turkey, Iran, Syria, Jordan, Greece, and Georgia. He is currently Scientific Director of the excavations of the University of Milan at Sesto Calende – Oratorio of San Vincenzo, PI of the PRIN 2022 PNRR funded project CircE (Circular Economy in Antiquity), and co-director of the projects “Fortifying Frontiers” in Georgia, funded by the British Institute of Ankara, and “CIRMAR”, funded by the 4EU+ alliance.

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Published

2025-12-17

How to Cite

Bernardoni, A., & Intagliata, E. E. (2025). The University of Milan in Angera (Lake Maggiore - Italy): giving a new life to the Angera Archive forty years after the end of the archaeological excavations. LANX. Journal of the Scuola Di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici - Università Degli Studi Di Milano, (33), 91–101. https://doi.org/10.54103/2035-4797/30376

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No. 33 (2025)

Section

Introduction to the Proceedings of the Congress “Accompagnare il passato verso il futuro. 50 anni di Civico Museo Archeologico di Angera”

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