AQUILEIA

PATRIMONIO DELL'UMANITÀ

sabato 20 aprile 2024

National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia

Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia, Courtesy of Museo archeologico nazionale di Aquileia | Foto: © Alessandra Chemollo

The National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia was established in 1882 by the Austrian government in the seat of the neoclassical Villa Cassis Faraone, named after the noble family that owned it. The exhibition itinerary, which has undergone numerous transformations over time, enhances the very rich collection formed in over two centuries of research in the area. The recent exhibition set-up, through the different sections distributed on the three floors of the building, for a total of twelve rooms, develops a narrative focused on the history of the Roman city of Aquileia. Refined mosaics, inscriptions, portraits, monumental sculptures and artifacts of common use tell the splendor of public monuments, daily life, the productive and commercial activities of what was once an economic center of strategic importance, a privileged place for meeting and dialogue between peoples. different languages and religions. Particularly precious are the products of artistic craftsmanship in amber, glass and semi-precious stones. The museum itinerary ends within the evocative setting of the lapidary galleries and gardens, reorganized on the occasion of the Jubilees of the reign of Francesco Giuseppe in 1898 and 1908, with the rich collections of epigraphs, mosaics and funerary monuments.

Info

Indirizzo: Via Roma 1, Aquileia (UD)

Telefono: +39 0431 91016

Orari: Tue - Sun 10 am - 7 pm (booking recommended) | Mon closed

Ingresso: Full 7 € | Reduced 2 € | Entrance ticket included with FVGcard | 12 months superMAN subscription 15 €

Work of art

Lapidary Galleries, the memorial to Quintus Etuvius Capreolus

An imposing stone monument dominates the Lapidary Galleries of the Archaeological Museum: it is the ...

Lapidary Galleries, the altar of the evergreen Maia Severa

A girl adorned with jewels is intent on looking in the mirror. With one hand she caresses a dove, a ...

Room I, relief of the “first cut of the plough”

Room I of the National Archaeological Museum houses the section entitled Aquileia. The city and the ...

Room III.1, statue of Augustus

In the section of the National Archaeological Museum dedicated to public space, the places of the ...

Room III.1, the medallion with the bust of Jupiter

The image of Jupiter, portrayed in all its vigor and majesty, stands out from a medallion depicting ...

Room III.3, the relief with a wind head

In 1988 a series of investigations conducted in the Forum identified a well. Inside was found an ...

Section III.3, the base of the statue in honor of Tito Annio Lusco

The base of the statue in honor of Tito Annio Lusco was found in 1995 in the western part of the ...

Room IV, the urn with a funeral banquet scene

Among the findings of Aquileia Roman necropolis stands an urn dated between the first century BC and ...

Room IV, the alabaster urn

This rare urn found in the early twentieth century in a necropolis north of the city of Aquileia ...

Section V.1, the mosaic with vine shoots

Small colored tiles draw sinuous vine shoots tied by a bow in one of the most interesting mosaics in ...

Section VI.1., The funerary stele of the mime Bassilla

“Be of good cheer Bassilla, no one is immortal”, says a verse engraved on a funerary ...

Room VI.3, the parade helmet

Two iron helmets covered with silver foil tell us about the military past of Aquileia, born as a ...

Room VI.4, the kit of golden flies

The Kit of Golden Flies is one of the most fascinating and original treasures found in the ...

Room VI.4, bronze chandelier

Among the numerous objects unearthed in the area of the Basilica of Aquileia, a precious bronze ...

Room VII.2, the colored glass box

A small multicolored box is the testimony of the expertise achieved by Aquileian artisans in glass ...

Room VIII.1-2, Diocletian’s gold coin

With a well-groomed beard and a laurel wreath around his head, the Emperor Diocletian shines on the ...

Sezione VIII.3, la collana con pendenti a forma di conchiglia

This elegant gold necklace dating back to the end of the 1st century BC evokes the gifts of Venus. ...

Room VIII.5, the amber box

The very refined amber box with sliding lid found in a necropolis of Aquileia was destined to ...

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