AQUILEIA

PATRIMONIO DELL'UMANITÀ

martedì 9 dicembre 2025

Art Works

Frescoed apse

The grandiose fresco in the apse represents the most spectacular testimony of the interventions ...

Frescoes of Casa Bertoli

Several frescoes were painted in the Bertoli house at different times, especially in the more ...

Post-theodorian Basilica

The new northern Basilica, built around the middle of the fourth century, occupies the space of ...

Torriani Chapel

This chapel, off the basilica’s south aisle near the transept, accommodates the tombs of ...

Augustan Roman house

At the entrance to the Crypt of the Excavations, an elegant mosaic floor takes us back in time to ...

Bishop’s throne

At the center of the apse of the Basilica was the chair of the patriarchs of Aquileia, of which ...

Cycle of Jupiter Ammon and Medusa

Two faces carved in stone stood on the portico of the Forum of Aquileia. Archaeologists have ...

Consecration of Bishop Hermagoras

Inside the Basilica, in the crypt of the frescoes, the second episode of the saga describes the ...

Replica of the Holy Sepulchre

The basilica’s north aisle houses a copy of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, first recorded in ...

Crypt of frescoes

A grandiose cycle of frescoes dating from the late twelfth century adorns the crypt built under the ...

Excavations crypt

Discovered shortly before the Great War, the Crypt of the Excavations preserves the testimonies of ...

Decapitation of Hermagoras and Fortunatus

Another episode told in the Crypt of the frescoes of the Basilica of Aquileia concerns the earthly ...

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 ...

Cock and Tortoise

Perhaps the best known depiction of the Theodorian mosaic in the north hall of the basilica of ...

Inscription with baptismal scene

On the first floor of the Paleochristian Museum there is the marble slab that identified the tomb of ...

Wolf

The replica of the Capitoline Wolf was donated by the city of Rome in 1919, according to the ...

Coptic Refectory

Numerous mosaics dating back to between the 4th and 6th centuries AD, some of which perhaps ...

Fishing Scene Mosaic

Archaeological investigations have made it possible to document the different phases of evolution of ...

Mosaic of the Good Shepherd

With its carpet of skilfully juxtaposed colored tiles, the Mosaic of the Good Shepherd represents a ...

Mosaic of the Good Shepherd in unusual costume

The mosaic of the "Good Shepherd in a singular dress" decorated a large representative room located ...

Peacock mosaic

The magnificent mosaic fragment depicting a peacock, now on the wall in the Südhalle museum, ...

Detail of mosaic floor in the apse

On the first floor of the Paleochristian Museum you can admire the mosaic of the apse of another ...

Mosaic floor of the bell tower of Aquileia

In 1962, the excavation in the bell tower brought to light an interesting stratigraphic sequence of ...

Mosaic floor of Südhalle

Although it was discovered over a hundred years ago, the Südhalle (south room) mosaic has been ...

Peter sends Mark to Aquileia

The crypt of the frescoes of the Basilica hosts a legitimizing episode for the church of Aquileia. ...

Relief showing the embrace between Peter and Paul

In 1901 in the area of the Early Christian Basilica dedicated to the martyrs Felice and Fortunato, ...

Burial of Hermagoras and Fortunatus

The final scene in Hermagoras’s story is portrayed equally vividly. The saint’s headless ...

Maria Bergamas’s tomb

At the foot of the monument to the Ten Unknown Soldiers, Maria Bergamas (1867–1952) lies ...

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 ...

Story of Jonah

Inside the basilica, the eastern span of the Theodorian mosaic in the south hall is entirely ...

Tomb of the unknown soldiers

Against the cemetery wall, crowned by laurel and cypress trees, lies the tomb of the Ten Unknown ...

John Randaccio’s tomb

Not far from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers stands the simple rough stone sarcophagus of Giovanni ...

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 ...