The Archeopark under Pálava has been visited by around 30,000 people so far

Pavlov (Břeclavsko) - Archeopark under Pálava resembling the cave of mammoth hunters has been visited by about 30,000 people since its opening in May. This is more than the operators expected, said Petr Kubín, director of the Regional Museum in Mikulov, under which the exhibition falls.

Building the exhibition cost almost 100 million crowns, a large part of which was covered by European subsidies, while the rest was provided by the South Moravian Region. The archeopark offers artifacts and the opportunity to see the work of archaeologists directly at the excavation site. Visitors see the site in the state it was left by people tens of thousands of years ago.

"The evaluation of this year's first season, which has yet to end, lies ahead of us. We are taking note of visitors' observations and will try to apply them in the novelties for the next season," said Kubín. According to him, the exhibition attracts both seasonal visitors who are on vacation in Pálava and cyclists who pass by.

The location for the exhibition was chosen because archaeologists had previously found several interesting discoveries here. Nearby, one of the oldest statues in the world was found, the Venuses of Věstonice, as well as many skeletal remains. The archaeologists also found the first evidence of textile production in the world in the stones.

Visitors can see what one of the excavation sites looked like directly inside the archeopark. In addition to the excavations, there is also a grave of three Paleolithic people. The museum evokes a cave space in which mammoth hunters lived. The exhibition space is hidden in a terrain wave, with only towers rising above it through which light enters the underground. Inside, there are two views, one side shows the ruins of Dívčí hrady on the Pálava hill and the other offers a view of the Nové Mlýny water reservoir.