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The Etruscan Academy
Museum of the City of Cortona is an absolute must-see for
all those wishing to know Cortona better. This museum gathers
into a single entity the historic Etruscan Academy Museum
and the Museum of the Etruscan and Roman City of Cortona.
The museum is housed within Palazzo Casali, one of the city’s
oldest and most notable buildings where an exhibiting space
of over 6500 square feet accommodates some of the most extraordinary
masterpieces produced by the Etruscan civilisation. |
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The upper floors of
the museum house the older collections of the Etruscan Academy
that trace back the history of Etruscology and the art of
collecting to their very roots in the 18th and 19th century
and feature masterpieces including the exceptional Etruscan
Lamp, a stunning collection of small bronzes, the Egyptian
section and an 18th century library. |
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On the lower floors a rich exhibition
of Etruscan and Roman finds housed in the newer exhibiting
spaces guide the visitor through the history of the Etruscan
and Roman settlements of the territory: the bronze masterpieces
from Trestina and Fabrecce, the funerary equipment from the
archaic burial mounds in the Cortona plains, the celebrated
Tabula Cortonensis and the materials
from the Roman villa in Ossaia. |
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The new Etruscan
Academy Museum of the City of Cortona also acts as a reception
and information point for visitors of the city’s budding
Archaeological Park and its 11 archaeological sites including
the second Tumulus (burial mound) of Sodo, an imposing archaic
burial (6th century B.C.) featuring a monumental stairway
decorated with large sculptural groups.
Both the museum and the archaeological park will make your
stay in Cortona memorable and rich in history and culture.
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