Archaeological Museum of Bologna

Museo Civico Archeologico
Via dell'Archiginnasio 2 - 40124 Bologna
Tel. 051.27.57.211

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Via de' Musei 8 – 40124 Bologna
Tel. 051.27.57.211 - Fax 051.26.65.16
mca@comune.bologna.it

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Museum: Sections | Roman collection

The holdings consist of items from the collections of the University and of the Bolognese painter, Palagio Pelagi. The layout, which like the other sections had remained the same since…

Museums: Itineraries | Roman Collection: figurative bronzes

The destination of the small bronzework is varied: from sacred areas comes a rich documentation of divinity images and individual votive offerings; houses also have returned a variety of images…

Museums: Itineraries | Roman Collection: ornaments

The ornaments were an essential component of the roman costume. Characteristic of male and female clothing was the fibula that is the brooch which served to hold the clothes: some…

Museums: Itineraries | Roman Collection: glassware

Towards the middle of the first century BC, probably in the centers of the Syro-Palestinian coast, was invented the technique of glass blowing, introduced in the roman world during the…

Museums: Itineraries | Roman Collection: oil lamp

Terracotta and bronze oil lamps were the most common type of lighting in the Roman world from the first century BC. They comprised a shaft that served to hold combustible…

Museums: Itineraries | Roman Collection: ivory

The ivory, imported mainly from Africa, was used in Rome since the imperial age for the production of luxury items. The carving of ivory had a great development in particular…

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