Musei Reali: Museo di Antichità
Museo di Antichità
The Archaeological Museum at the Palazzo Reale began in the 16th and 17th centuries, due to the efforts by Emanuele Filiberto and his son Charles Emmanuel I to gather up a collection of ancient sculptures and reliefs.
Demolitions carried out in 1723 brought to light the remains of the Ancient Roman city, which further added to this collection. The collection swelled further in the 19th century, as archaeology as a field grew and there were more and more excavations in Turin and beyond.
The museum is divided into three sections: the Archaeological Gallery, where the historical collections are kept; the Archaeology in Turin section, which is held in the basement; and the Piedmont Archaeological Pavilion, which contains the museum’s collections from Prehistory to the Late Middle Ages.
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