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The National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara

The National Archaeological Museum of Ferrara is located inside Palazzo Costabili, known as “di Ludovico il Moro”, a jewel of the 16th century, was built by the architect Biagio Rossetti on behalf of Antonio Costabili, ambassador of the Este family in Milan. The fulcrum of the Palazzo is the courtyard of honor, completed only on two sides and adorned with a double loggia decorated with columns and reliefs in white stone inspired by classical antiquity. In the portico in front of the garden, the Sala del Tesoro houses an extraordinary cycle of frescoes dating back to the early 1500s and the work of Benvenuto Tisi, known as Garofalo. The museum houses Renaissance art and architecture that coexist perfectly with the finds from the ancient city of Spina. Inside the halls of the museum the rich grave goods of the necropolis are exhibited: ceramics, vases and furnishings in bronze, jewels in gold, silver, amber and glass paste, of the Greek and Etruscan period, re-emerged starting from 1922 during the public works of reclamation of the Comacchio valleys. The fascinating Sala degli Ori, set up like a real jewelery shop, thanks to a collaboration with Bulgari, collects a very wide range of jewels, ambers and ointments in glass paste, which clearly highlight the splendor of the local Etruscan aristocracies between the sixth and the 4th century BC

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Address

Via XX Settembre, 122
44121 Ferrara

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