National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia
The National Archaeological Museum Aquileia (Italian: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia ) is considered one of the most important archaeological collections in Northern Italy . The museum, which opened in 1882, is located in the vicinity of the archaeological excavation sites of Aquileia and is housed in the Villa Cassis Faraone, which was built between 1812 and 1825 . Its holdings of Roman stone monuments and mosaics are of particular importance.
History of the museum
In 1875, the Italian archaeologist and later the first director of the museum, Enrico Majonica, began looking for a location for his private collection of ancient finds, and from 1879 onwards he received support from an Austrian government committee. In 1881 the classicist Villa Cassis Faraone was chosen for the new "Caesareum Museum Aquilejense", which was opened as the Imperial and Royal State Museum on August 3, 1882 by Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria . The basis of the collection was then further supplemented by communal and private donations, of which the collections of antiquities by Giandomenico Bertoli (1676–1763) and Leopoldo Zuccolo (1761–1833) are particularly noteworthy.
In 1898 work began on building the arcades in the villa garden, which were supposed to provide protection for the museum's lapidary. Like many archaeological museums in Italy , the Aquileia Archaeological Museum was renamed the National Archaeological Museum ( Museo Archeologico Nazionale ) during the 1930s . By 1954, the arcades of the garden were expanded and the exhibition rooms of the villa were reorganized.
Collections
Dimensions: 215 × 250 cm, location: Aquileia, dating: 1st century
The museum's collections extend over the three floors and twelve rooms of Villa Cassis Faraone as well as a garden attached to the villa with a series of interconnected arcades. Most of the exhibits come from the archaeological excavations of Aquileia and date from the 2nd century BC. BC and the 5th century AD
villa
On the ground floor of the villa there is a collection of stone monuments, with statues, busts, inscriptions and reliefs. On the first and second floors of the villa, jewelry and various Roman-ancient art objects made of glass , amber , bronze, gold, ceramics and engraved stone are exhibited, which document everyday life in ancient Aquileia.
Lapidary
The lapidarium is located in the garden of Villa Cassis . The stone gallery consists of mosaics, urns, tombstones and architectural ornaments. Some of the mosaics were set into the floors. Some of the architectural elements, which mainly come from public buildings in the forum, from tombs and inscriptions, are arranged in chronological order.
literature
- Heinrich Maionica: Guide through the Imperial and Royal State Museum in Aquileia , Hölder, Vienna 1910
- Leo Planiscig : Architectural and artistic monuments of the coastal country , Schroll, Vienna 1916
- Giovanni Battista Brusin : Guide to Aquileia , Tipografia Antoniana, Padua 1969
- Valnea Santa Maria Scrinari: Catalogo delle sculture romane. Museo Archeologico di Aquileia , Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato, Rome 1972
- Maurizio Buora, Fabio Prenc: Roman gems from Aquileia , Società Friulana di Archeologia, Udine, 1996
- Franz Glaser , Erwin Pochmarski : Aquileia - The archaeological guide , Zabern, Darmstadt, 2012
Web links
- Literature from and about the National Archaeological Museum Aquileia in the catalog of the German National Library
- Museo archeologico nazionale di Aquileia (it, en)
- Centro di Antichità Altoadriatiche (it)
- Fondazione Aquileia (it)
Coordinates: 45 ° 46 ′ 3 ″ N , 13 ° 22 ′ 7 ″ E