Museo nazionale della Valcamonica
Archaeological museum in Cividate Camuno, Italy
45°56′35″N 10°16′10″E / 45.94306°N 10.26944°E / 45.94306; 10.26944The Museo nazionale della Valcamonica is an archaeological museum located in the town of Cividate Camuno (Province of Brescia), which has a collection of Roman-period finds from various excavations which took place mostly in the 17th century in Val Camonica.
Organization of the Collection
The museum is divided into four sections:
- Territory - with finds from the Roman conquest in 16 BC
- City - with a reconstruction of ancient Civitas Camunnorum
- Religion - including a statue of Minerva, one of three copies in existence and perhaps the best one, of the Athena Hygieia of Athens (original of the 5th century BC)
- Necropolis - with finds recovered from various sites in Val Camonica
The objects on display mostly come from Cividate Camuno, but there are also items from the Sanctuary of Minerva in Breno.
Photo gallery
- Tankard of the type "Dos dell'Arca"
- Statue of Minerva Hygeia
- Inscription referring to the Roman tribe of Quirina in Valle Camonica (QVIR)
- Headless statue of an emperor
See also
- Sanctuary of Minerva
- Val Camonica
External links
- "Civitas Camunnorum - Archeologia, storia, turismo del comune di Civdate Camuno". Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved April 22, 2015.