Museo Archeologico Regionale (Agrigento)
The Museo Archeologico Regionale (German: Archaeological Regional Museum) is a museum in Agrigento in Sicily .
location
The museum is located on the Pogetto San Nicola , a small hill in the middle of the archaeological sites of Agrigento, about 2 km south of the city .
history
The Museo Archeologico Regionale was opened in 1968 and shows finds from the area around Agrigento. The museum was rebuilt, but includes parts of a former Cistercian monastery ; From this a window with zigzag ornaments has been preserved. The main entrance to the museum is through the old cloister .
Exhibits
The museum's 17 halls provide an overview of the archaeological finds in the area:
- An original Telamon from the Olympieion is one of the first representations of people at a temple and is - unusual for the time - composed of several stones.
- A collection of Attic vases from the 5th and 6th centuries BC. BC is also one of the treasures of the museum; a bowl shows one of the first images of the triskele , which is now a symbol of Sicily.
- Of the few sculptures that have survived from ancient Akragas (old name of Agrigento), a marble ephebe is on display. The imbalance of the body between the head and the limbs is striking.
- The sarcophagus collection also includes a rare children's sarcophagus made of alabaster .
- There are only copies of Sant'Angelo Muxaro's gold treasure in the museum; the originals are in the possession of the British Museum in London.
literature
- Brigit Carnabuci: Sicily. Greek temples, Roman villas, Norman cathedrals and baroque cities in the center of the Mediterranean (= DuMont art travel guide ). 6th, updated edition. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7701-4385-6 .
Web links
Commons : Museo Archeologico Regionale (Agrigento) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 37 ° 17 ′ 49 ″ N , 13 ° 35 ′ 21 ″ E