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Archaeological Museum
Town: Venice Address: Piazza San Marco 52 Phone: +39 041 5225978	Price: 9 - 14 EUR

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The Venice Archaeological Museum is one of the oldest museums in Venice. It's located in the heart of the city, near the Marciana Library. It offers rich collections connected with the Greek, Egyptian, Roman and Assiryan-Babylonian civilizations. The museum is open to visitors daily.
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Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico)

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Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico)
Town: Florence Address: Via della Colonna, 38 Phone: +39 055 235750

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Holding one of the world's principal collections of Etruscan art, this museum is installed in Palazzo della Crocetta, a 17th-century edifice attributed to Giulio Parigi. Having started to operate as a museum in the late 19th Century, it has ever since maintained a comprehensive Egyptian section, as well as displays of Greek and Byzantine art.
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Augustus Mausoleum
Town: Rome Address: Piazza Augusto Imperatore Phone: +39 06 57250410

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The Mausoleum of Augustus, dating from the 1st Century AD, was once clad in marble and boasted a coquette cypress garden with beautifully shaped Egyptian obelisks and lavish decoration. The mausoleum contained the mortal remains of a long line of emperors, whose ashes were placed in gilded urns and buried. The urns remained here until the 5th Century, when, during the Barbarian invasions, they were looted. Over the centuries, the site has been used as a fortress, a bullfighting venue and even as a garden. It was not until the 1930s when Mussolini demanded restoration of the tombs. The site is not open to visitors, but can be viewed from the outside.

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Bagatti-Valsecchi Palace
Town: Milan Address: Via Gesù, 5 Phone: +39 02 7600 6132 e-mail: info@museobagattivalsecchi.org

The Bagatti Valsecchi Museum, a non-profit museum set in a historic house in the Montenapoleone district of Milan. It features the Italian Renaissance Art and Decorative Arts collections of barons Bagatti Valsecchi. The vast exhibits can be viewed in the barons’ home, at the same time showcasing the authentic ambiances and the evocative aristocratic Milanese taste of late 19th Century.
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Barracco Museum
Town: Rome Address: Corso V. Emanuele II, 168 Phone: +39 06 68806848 e-mail: info@argiletumtour.com

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The Barracco Museum exhibits a tremendous amount of ancient treasures. The museum features long chambers showcasing original Assyrian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman pieces of art. Abundant in figurines, tools, sculptures, preserved pieces of clothing and religious paraphernalia, Barracco Museum represents medieval Italy. The collection once belonged to Lord Giovanni Barracco, who eventually bequeathed it to the museum. Of particular note is the sphinx of Hatshepsut, as well as the ruins of an ancient Roman house, located in the basement.

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Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
Town: Rome Address: Via Ostiense 184 Phone: +39 06 5410341

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Following his execution and burial in Rome in the 1st century AD, followers of St Paul erected a small temple on the purported site of his grave. The collections of the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls contain various Christian epigraphs and tombstones, as well as 42 medallions of the popes, which were bequeathed to the museum after the basilica was burned in 1823.The Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls remains one of the major landmarks in Rome. The grave of St Paul is said to be resting under the structure, erected by Emperor Constantine in the 4th Century.

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Boncompagni Ludovisi Museum of Decorative Arts
Town: Rome Address: Via Boncompagni 18 Phone: +39 06 42824074

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The Boncompagni Ludovisi Museum of Decorative Arts is housed in an early 20th-century mansion and features displays of high fashion from the 1950s to the 90s, as well as collections of art objects by 20th-century artists and exhibits of the Decorative Arts.
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Borghese Museum and Gallery
Town: Rome Address: Piazza Scipione Borghese, 5 Phone: +39 06 8417645 e-mail: info@ticketeria.it	Price: 2 - 10 EUR
Website: http://www.galleriaborghese.it/
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The Borghese Museum and Gallery is among the most significant museum institutions in the Eternal City, serving as the epitome of culture and art. The small palace, erected in 1613, holds Cardinal Scipione Borghese's vast ensembles of art, with the Museum located on the ground floor and the Gallery occupying the first floor. The site displays some of the best known sculptures by Bernini, including his masterpieces 'Apollo and Daphne', 'Pluto and Proserpina' and 'David'. Antonio Canova is also well represented, especially with his reclining sculpture of Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix. The chambers are laden with pure masterpieces in lavish frames on the entire walls. The museum also boasts the famous 'Danae' by Correggio, as well as the 'Deposition' by Raphael, and some classic examples of Caravaggio's work, Titian's 'Sacred and Profane Love'.

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