Category Archives: Archeology

North Pavilion of Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States

North Pavilion exhibited medieval and Renaissance sculpture and decorative arts, and rotating exhibitions of illuminated manuscripts. The newly designed European sculpture and decorative arts galleries in the North Pavilion at the Getty Center are arranged according to period and theme, with different materials, including two-dimensional works of art, intermingled to…

North Pavilion of Getty Center, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, United States

The Getty Villa, Los Angeles, California, United States

The Getty Villa is at the easterly end of the Malibu coast in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. One of two campuses of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Villa is an educational center and museum dedicated to the study of the arts and…

The Getty Villa, Los Angeles, California, United States

Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

The Vasa Museum is a Swedish state museum at Galärvarvet on Södra Djurgården in Stockholm. Since 15 June 1990, the museum has housed the royal ship Vaasa, is part of the State’s Maritime and Transport History Museums, and is located within the Royal National City Park. The Vasa Museum is…

Vasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

Travel Guide of Bolzano, Trentino Alto Adige, Italy

Bolzano is the capital city of the province of South Tyrol in northern Italy. Bolzano is considered a bridge between Northern Europe and Southern Europe due to the three spoken languages in South Tyrol (Italian, German, and Ladin) and the confluence of Italian and German-Austrian culture. Immersed in a unique…

Travel Guide of Bolzano, Trentino Alto Adige, Italy

Travel Guide of Desenzano del Garda, Lombardy, Italy

Desenzano del Garda is an Italian town in the province of Brescia in Lombardy. On the southern shores of Lake Garda, lying like a fan on the first circle of the morainic amphitheater, Desenzano is an enchanting town and pleasant seaside resort. Excellent starting point for trips and excursions, Desenzano…

Travel Guide of Desenzano del Garda, Lombardy, Italy

Travel Guide of Toscolano Maderno, Lombardy, Italy

Toscolano Maderno is an Italian town located on western shore of Lake Garda, in the province of Brescia in Lombardy. It is part of the Alto Garda Bresciano regional park. Tourism, especially in Maderno, is frequent in summer, thanks to the beautiful landscapes that the lakefront offers. Many define it…

Travel Guide of Toscolano Maderno, Lombardy, Italy

Torcello, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Torcello is an island in the northern Venetian lagoon. It was one of the oldest and most prosperous settlements in the lagoon, until the decline following the predominance of nearby Venice and the changing environmental conditions. The island has priceless archaeological heritage it still preserves makes it a very popular…

Torcello, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Church of San Salvatore, Santa Giulia museum

The church of San Salvatore is one of the most important surviving examples of Early Medieval religious architecture. The Lombard church of San Salvatore, erected in the mid-8th century AD, is an important example of Early Medieval religious architecture; the original building is easily distinguishable from later additions. King Desiderius…

Church of San Salvatore, Santa Giulia museum

Monastery garden domus and the Viridarium, Santa Giulia museum

The “Market-Garden” Domus formed part of a Roman residential quarter situated on the lower terraces of Cidneo Hill, between the monumental town centre and the eastern city wall. Reception rooms are arranged around stone-paved atria, together with private and service rooms; mosaics and frescos are modelled on similar decorations in…

Monastery garden domus and the Viridarium, Santa Giulia museum

Archaeological Museum, Museums of Fiesole

The museum was built by the architect Ezio Cerpi between 1912 and 1914 in the shape of a Roman temple of Ionic style, and preserves finds from Fiesole and its territory and private donations, including the Costantini Collection of Greek, Magno-Greek and Etruscan and the Albites Collection, with valuable Roman…

Archaeological Museum, Museums of Fiesole

Archaeological area, Museums of Fiesole

Excavations in the archaeological area of Fiesole include a Roman theater, thermal baths, an Etruscan-Roman temple and an archaeological museum. They are located between via Duprè, via delle Mura Etrusche and via Bandini. It contains finds from the III century BC to the II century AD. The Archaeological Area, delimited…

Archaeological area, Museums of Fiesole

National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara, Italy

The National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara is housed in the Costabili palace, inaugurated in 1935. The structure displays various artifacts from the excavations of the Etruscan city of Spina, which flourished between the sixth and third centuries BC. It is remarkable for the funerary complex, consisting of more than 4000…

National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara, Italy

Ancient origin of Casaforte Acaja, Madama Palace

In the basement of Madama Palace, at the level of the Roman foundations, there is the Medieval Lapidary, with stone sculptures and goldsmiths. Located in the heart of Turin, in what was to be the Roman Quadrilateral castrum, the complex stands on what, at the time of the ancient Roman…

Ancient origin of Casaforte Acaja, Madama Palace

South Asia and Southeast Asia gallery, Oriental Art Museum in Turin

The South Asia gallery houses collections from three major cultural geographic areas: Gandhara, India and Indochina. Gandhara This collection includes artifacts from the Buddhist-inspired artistic production of Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, from the 2nd century BC to the 5th century. Gandhara is the geographical term for an area between Afghanistan…

South Asia and Southeast Asia gallery, Oriental Art Museum in Turin

Chinese gallery, Oriental Art Museum in Turin

The Chinese gallery now houses works of art from ancient China, dating from 3000 BC to c.900 BC, with Neolithic ceramics, sacred bronzes, and lacquered and terracotta ware that include over two hundred examples of burial art works from the Han and Tang periods. In the Chinese collection it can…

Chinese gallery, Oriental Art Museum in Turin

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