Museums
CATACOMBE DI SANTA CRISTINA – BOLSENA
Basilica di Santa Cristina – via G. Mazzini 1
- Typology: ARCHEOLOGIC
- Telephone: 0761.799067
- Fax: 0761.799067
- E-mail: info@basilicasantacristina.it
- Sito internet: http://www.basilicasantacristina.it
- Opening hours: October to Easter: ore 9,30-11,30; 15-16,30; Easter to September: ore 9,30-12; 15,30-18,30.
- price: on request
Description:
From the inside of the Basilica you can access the cave of St Cristina, composed of a large hall with the chapel of the body of Christ. Here is guarded the altar, a valuable artefact of the eighth century on which, according to tradition, was the Eucharistic miracle. The ceramic blade, which depicts the double scene of the Calvary and the Miracle is a work of Benedetto Buglioni (1459/60-1521) and was executed in 1496. On the arc of the entrance to the basilichetta is a fresco, maybe attributable to the 13th century. The basilichetta is the result of a primitive medieval extension, memory ‘ad corpus’ to the tomb of the martyr Cristina. Opposite the apse is a beautiful fifteenthe century statue, also the work of Buglioni (XV century) depicting the saint in the sleep of death. The frescoes of the vault are sixteenth century, whilst those of the apse depicting St Peter are of the fifteenth century. Finally, underneath you access the tomb of the martyr, a simple coffin of the fourth century, brought to light thanks to the excavations made in 1880.
MUSEO TERRITORIALE DEL LAGO DI BOLSENA
Rocca Monaldeschi
- Typology: ARCHEOLOGIC
- Managing authority: Town of Bolsena
- Telephone: 0761.798630/302/679
- Fax: 0761.798630
- Opening hours: 10 – 13; Saturday and Sunday 10 – 13/ 16 – 20. Monday closed
- price: on request
Description:
The territorial museum of the Lake of Bolsena is located inside the castle of Monaldeschi della Cervara. Inaugurated in 1991, it represents a point of reference for the historical documentation of the volcanic system as well as the various settlements that have marked the history of the city (from prehistoric to more recents events of the local culture). The museum is divided into five sections: in the first room on the ground floor is the section of ‘volcanology and the formation of the territory’ and the section ‘protohistory and the Etruscan period’. The second room, on the second floor is the section on the Roman period with particular reference to the town of Vilsinii. The third room, in the basement, hosts the sections ‘Middle Ages and material culture, popular traditions and dialect’. To these are added two other sections ‘didactics’ of experimental nature, that deals with the cultural promotion, with particular reference to the schools, and ‘underwater’, for the research of geological and archaeological depths of the lake.
MUSEO ANTONIO DA SANGALLO
Rocca dei Papi
- Typology: ARTISTIC
- Managing authority: Town of Montefiascone
- Telephone: 0761.832060 – 0761.820865
- Fax: 0761.824745
- E-mail: museosangallo@comunemontefiascone.vt.it
Description:
The museum is an out and out study and documentation centre of the famous Renaissance architect Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484-1546) and presents, in plastic, the works he accomplished in Lazio and the Farnese territory. The inside of the museum is divided into different rooms on the ground floor of the Rocca dei Papi (Fortress of the Popes). The visit begins with a thematic section dedicated to the presentation of the major works of Roman architecture. It continues with illustrations of the techniques and of the types that characterize the works. Every room offers a rich photographic documentation of original drawings, plastic models of the most significant works and plaster models of unique constructions.
IL GIARDINO DELLA CANNARA
Strada San Savino, 1
- Typology: NATURALISTIC
- Managing authority: La Cannara
- Telephone: 0761.872121
- Fax: 0761.872121
- Opening hours: by reservation
Description:
The Cannara is a medieval construction built on the river Marta. In the past it formed a place frequented by the Etruscans for the fishing of eels, that abound in the adjacent waters, today however, it is the site of a splendid botanic garden, enriched with roses, ivy, American vines and species of woody creepers.
MUSEO DELLA PREISTORIA DELLA TUSCIA E DELLA ROCCA FARNESE
Rocca Farnese – piazza della Vittoria 12
- Tipologia: ARCHEOLOGIC
- Managing authority: Town of Valentano
- Telephone: 0761.420018
- Fax: 0761.420018
- E-mail: museo.valentano@libero.it
- Opening hour: Da Tuesday to Friday 10 – 13; Saturday 10 – 13 / 15 – 18; Sunday 10 – 13. Monday closed
- Price: on request
Description:
The museum is located inside the Farnese fortress and develops in two different sections. The section of prehistory exposes the finds of Alta Tuscia dating back to the period from the lower Palaeolithic (more than 500,000 years ago) to the first Iron Age (2900 years ago). An part is reserved to the finds of Lake Mezzano. The other section is dedicated to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance period and the development of Valentano and its territory to the high Middle Ages (VII century) until the contemporary age. In particular taken into account is the history of the Farnese family from 300 to 600, the golden era of the dukedom of Castro. Available to the visitors is a point of sale for refreshments, a photographic laboratory, restoration workshop and a room for educatinal activities linked to the themes of the museum.
MUSEO D’ARTE SACRA
Chiesa di S. Maria Maddalena – via Cavour 8
- Typology: STORICO-ARTISTICO
- Managing authority: Parish of S. Maria Maddalena
- Telephone: 0761.456127
- Opening hours: On request
- Price: free
Description:
The museum is located in the Sacristy of the collegiate of the Church of St Maria Maddalena. It preserves liturgical objects, sculptures sacred vestments, historic archives relating to the XVI – XIX centuries, also an outfit donated by Cardinal Ferrata (1847-1914). There are also 15 tablets from the XVI century representing the mysteries of the Rosary.
MUSEO DEL COSTUME FARNESIANO
Palazzo Farnese – piazza Luigi Palombini 2
- Typology: ARCHEOLOGIC
- Managing authority: TOWN OF GRADOLI
- Telephone: 0761.457965
- Fax: 0761.456052
- Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday 10 – 13; Saturday 10 – 13 / 15 – 18; Sunday 10 – 13; Monday closed.
- Price: On request
Museum of Farnesian costume:
The archaeological museum of Gradoli is set up inside the Farnese Palace. Here is a collection of clothes and accessories outlining the history of fashion in Tuscia between the 15th and 17th centuries, together with a collection of arms and armour supplementing the exhibition. This is a series of costumes made by looking at the 16th century paintings from the frescoes in the Farnese Palace of Caprarola, as well as a rich display of accessories (underwear, jewellery, gloves, fans, etc). Finally in another room are displayed the unstruments necessary for the processing of hemp and wool: the loom, spindles, bobbins, scissors.
MUSEO BASILICA DEL SANTUARIO DELLA MADONNA DEL SUFFRAGIO
Sotterranei della Basilica
- Typology: HISTORIC – RELIGIOUS
- Telephone: 0763.796167
- Opening hour: By reservation
- Price: Free
Description:
The museum is below the Church of Our Lady of Suffrage and contains sacred furnishings, relics, archives, paintings and sculrtures. It is divided into different rooms: In the first, below the sacristy, valuable cartagloria in gilded wood which furnished the altars of the Vatican Council II, candelabras and vestments.
MUSEO CIVICO E DELLE TRADIZIONI POPOLARI E DELLA NECROPOLI ETRUSCA DI PIANEZZE
PALAZZO DEL PODESTA’
- Typology: ARCHEOLOGIC
- Telephone: 0763.797173
- Fax: 0763.797173
- Opening hour: Friday 10 – 13; Saturdauy and Sunday 10 – 12,30 / 14 – 16; other days by reservation
- Price: On request
Description:
Set in the Palazzo del Podesta and contains an important Etruscan and Medieval section.
MUSEO STORICO-DIDATTICO E ARCHEOLOGICO
vicolo del Fede, 1-3
- Typology: ARCHEOLOGIC
- Managing authority: TOWN OF CASTRO
- Telephone: 0763797173
- Opening houra: SUMMER : Tuesday to Sunday 10/12 – 17/19. WINTER : Tuesday to Sunday 10/12 – 16/18.
Descrizione:
The museum, integrated in the museum system of the Lake of Bolsena, documents the history of the archaeological researches carried out in the municipal territory and hosts significant materials found in the Etruscan necropolis of Pianezze and Vigna la Piazza.
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