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The museum complex of Sovana consists of three of the most distinctive historic buildings of the little town, which face on to its central square: the Museum of San Mamiliano, the Praetorian Palace, and the Small Palace of the Archives.

The museum complex of Sovana consists of three of the most distinctive historic buildings of the little town, which face on to its central square: the Museum of San Mamiliano, the Praetorian Palace, and the Small Palace of the Archives. The most significant building of the Polo is represented by the Museum of San Mamiliano, here there are exhibited the archaeological finds from the excavations and findings made in the city of Sovana and in the surrounding necropolis from the early 1900s. The Museum was opened in 2012, after substantial reinforcement works, carried out in order to transform the church of San Mamiliano into a museum structure. The archeological explorations not only brought to light an ancient Roman public bathing establishment, previously hidden beneath the church floor, along with the crypt and numerous medieval and Renaissance tombs, but also the recovery of an extraordinary small treasure trove from late antiquity, namely 498 gold coins dating from the fifth century CE. In fact, this was achieved, through the former church becoming a museum, and by leaving an important section of the excavation in full view, as well as by displaying archeological finds from the city’s Roman phase, while devoting ample exhibition space to the hoard of gold coins.

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