The Canegrate culture was a civilization of prehistoric Italy that developed in the late Bronze Age, in the areas that are now western Lombardy, eastern Piedmont, and Ticino. Canegrate had a cultural
Clay bowl found at the Santa Colomba, Canegrate, in 1952. It is preserved at the Museo civico Guido Sutermeister in Legnano
Finds of Canegrate culture from Santa Colomba, Canegrate (1953)
Olla in clay with embossed decoration found at the Santa Colomba, Canegrate, in 1926
The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western and Central European archaeological culture of the Late Bronze Age from the 12th to 8th centuries BC and Early Iron Age Europe from the 8th to 6th cen
Canegrate culture
…Canegrate had a cultural dynamic, as expressed in its pottery and bronzework, that was completely new to the area and was a typical example of the western Hallstatt culture. Most researchers associate the Canegrate horizon with early Celtic languages. The association between the Canegrate culture and the Celts is corroborated…
Documentation of the Hallstatt cemetery excavation, 19th century
Bronze vessel with cow and calf decoration
Hallstatt grave reconstruction
Preserved wood stairs from the Hallstatt salt mine, 1344 BC