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2. Galleria Umberto I – Royal Palace of Naples loop from Montesanto

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December 17, 2016

Naples National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, MANN) southern Italy, is at the northwest corner of the original Greek wall of the city of Neapolis. The museum contains a large collection of Roman artifacts from Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum of the highest quality produced in Greek, Roman and Renaissance times. It is the most important Italian archaeological museum and is considered one of the most important in the world.

Charles III of Spain founded the museum in the 1750s. The building he used for it had been erected as a cavalry barracks and during its time as the seat of the University of Naples (from 1616 to 1777) was extended, in the late 18th century.

The core of the Greek and Roman antiquities is from the Farnese Collection, which includes a collection of engraved gems (including the Farnese Cup, a Ptolemaic bowl made of sardonyx agate and the most famous piece in the "Treasure of the Magnificent", and is founded upon gems collected by Cosimo de' Medici and Lorenzo il Magnifico in the 15th century) and the Farnese Marbles. Among the notable works found in the museum are the Herculaneum papyri, carbonized by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, found after 1752 in Villa of the Papyri.

A major collection of ancient Roman bronzes from the Villa of the Papyri is housed at the museum. These include the Seated Hermes, a sprawling Drunken Satyr, a bust of Thespis, another variously identified as Seneca or Hesiod, and a pair of exceptionally lively runners.

The museum's Mosaic Collection includes a number of important mosaics recovered from the ruins of Pompeii and the other Vesuvian cities. This includes the Alexander Mosaic, dating from circa 100 BC, originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii. It depicts a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia. Another mosaic found is that of the gladiatorial fighter depicted in a mosaic found from the Villa of the Figured Capitals in Pompeii. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples_National_Archaeological_Museum

Matto

July 27, 2022

The collections of the museum, which became national in 1860, were enriched by the acquisition of finds from the excavations in Campania and southern Italy and from private collections. The relocation of the Pinakothek to Capodimonte in 1957 determined the current appearance of the Archaeological Museum.

Opening hours: 9:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m

Closed: Tuesday

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July 28, 2025

Never done the metro, it's not far

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Location: Napoli, Naples, Campania, Italy

Naples National Archaeological Museum, MANN

1. Galleria Umberto I – Royal Palace of Naples loop from Duomo

2. Galleria Umberto I – Royal Palace of Naples loop from Montesanto

3. Via Toledo – Piazza Dante loop from Toledo

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