The Provincial Museum of Campania
in Capua, which was founded in 1870 by the Priest Gabriele
Iannelli and inaugurated in 1874 with an admirable speech by
the abbot Luigi Tosti, is the property of the Provincial Administration
of Caserta. Amedeo Maiuri defined it as "The most significant
museum of ancient Italian civilisation in Campania",
region to which Capua gave its name.
The museum is situated in the historical Antignano building,
whose foundations go back to the 9th century and incorporate
the ruins of San Lorenzo ad Crucem, a church which stems
from the Lombardic age and which can be found on the site of
one of the three Noble Seats of the city. (...more...) |
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