The Archaeological Museum of Villa Arbusto in Lacco Ameno has a panoramic and strategic position. It is located opposite Montevico, the acropolis of Pithecusae, a few metres from the 8th century BC metallurgical district of Mazzola and the San Montano necropolis. It was created with the aim of exhibiting the results of the excavations that in the 1950s greatly expanded our knowledge obout the beginning of Magna Graecia colonisation.
In fact, the area facing the museum is the site of the oldest Greek settlement in the Mediterranean. The main piece on display in the museum is the famous Nestore’s Cup. Discovered on the island of Ischia in 1955 by the famous archaeologist Giorgio Buchner, it was imported to the Greek colony of Pithecusae from Rhodes. The cup is engraved with an epigram referring to the famous cup described in the Iliad. Besides being one of the oldest examples of Greek writing, it is the earliest known fragment of poetry preserved in its original form, together with the Iliad and Odyssey poem.
At Villa Arbusto, you can also visit its beautiful garden of Mediterranean and exotic plants.