The idea of correlating places of archaeological interest included in the territory of the Comunità Montana dei Laghi bergamaschi was promoted following the important discoveries made in Casazza (Roman settlement of Cavellas), Lovere (Roman necropolis of the 1st-4th centuries AD) and Predore (baths of the Roman villa), as part of a project financed by Fondazione Cariplo (Percorsi archeologici alla scoperta dell’identità culturale del territorio dei laghi bergamaschi, 2013-2016).
This was followed by a cultural enhancement programme, drawn up from 2013 onwards thanks to the strong will of the then Archaeological Superintendency of Lombardy and the local administrations involved, to which the Tadini Academy of Lovere also joined in at an early stage. Its archaeological heritage bears witness to the vitality of 19th-century antiquarianism, the same culture that led to the first discoveries in the Bergamo area.
The development of this work led, in 2018, to the sharing of a network project that saw in the same year the adhesion of the Municipality of Parre, for Parra-Oppidum degli Orobi, a settlement founded in the Iron Age, also mentioned in ancient sources, linked to the exploitation of mineral resources in the area; in 2020, to the entrance of the Municipality of Sovere, for the area of archaeological interest of Madonna della Torre and the Parco dei laghi fossili, which preserves an exceptional deposit of sediments deposited on the bottom of a lake that existed in this area in the Pleistocene era. With these two new members, and with the enhancement of the Castelliere – Pandolfo Malatesta’s siege camp dating back to 1414 in Lovere, the chronological horizon of the Roman age has been crossed, but always respecting and pursuing the aims of research and enhancement of the historical and cultural identity of the area.
In the archaeological area it is possible to walk through an ancient settlement, which has been handed over to us sealed under more than four metres of debris. This is a unique opportunity to discover daily life in a Roman village.
In 1828, Earl Luigi Tadini opened the Gallery to the public in the palace on the lakeside promenade of Lovere to display his collection of works of art.
Located on the slopes of Monte Cala, the so-called “Castelliere” has recently been interpreted as a military structure, within the military campaign conducted by Pandolfo Malatesta in 1414 to consolidate his rule over these territories.
In Via Martinoli, along the ancient road that led out of the town towards Val Camonica, numerous burials have been found that help us to understand the life of a lakeside landing place between the 1st and 4th centuries AD.
In Parre, at the Archaeological Park, the remains of the settlement of ancient Parra, an important centre (oppidum) of the Orobi, mentioned in Roman sources and active from the 11th century BC to the late Roman age (5th century AD), can be seen in a very evocative landscape.
In Predore, between the 1st century BC and the 4th century AD, there was a large villa, decorated with mosaics and frescoes and equipped with a thermal plant, situated in a scenic position on Lake Iseo, surrounded by fig and olive trees. The archaeological area allows a visit to the thermal plant.
In the last fifty years, this area, characterised by the presence of the beautiful sanctuary of Santa Maria della Torre, has been the scene of discoveries that can be traced back to a protohistoric settlement and structures from the Roman era, which testify to Sovere’s role as a transit hub from the Seriana Valley to Lake Iseo.
The site, known as the “Pianico-Sèllere natural archive”, tells a 45,000-year-long story of the environment and climate in the Alps: a deep lake formed here between about 800 and 755,000 years ago, preserving an exceptional deposit of fossil leaves and pollen.
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