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; 10.26944TypeArchaeological museumWebsiteOfficial website

The 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.

  • Tankard of the type "Dos dell'Arca"
    Tankard of the type "Dos dell'Arca"
  • Statue of Minerva Hygeia
    Statue of Minerva Hygeia
  • Inscription referring to the Roman tribe of Quirina in Valle Camonica (QVIR)
    Inscription referring to the Roman tribe of Quirina in Valle Camonica (QVIR)
  • Headless statue of an emperor
    Headless statue of an emperor

See also

  • Sanctuary of Minerva
  • Val Camonica
  • "Civitas Camunnorum - Archeologia, storia, turismo del comune di Civdate Camuno". Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved April 22, 2015.

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