Museo archeologico nazionale di Cagliari

The National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari () is a museum in

Cagliari Cagliari (, , ; ; ; Latin: ''Caralis'') is an Comune, Italian municipality and the capital and largest city of the island of Sardinia, an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy. It has about 146,62 ...

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, Italy. The museum houses findings from the pre-Nuragic and Nuragic age to the Byzantine age. These include a large collection of prehistoric bronze statuettes from the Nuragic age, some earlier stone statuettes of female divinities, reconstruction of a Phoenician settlement, the Nora Stone, Carthaginian goldsmith examples, Roman and Italic ceramics and Byzantine jewels. The museum houses a valuable collection of wax anatomical models made in Florence by the sculptor Clemente Susini from dissections by the anatomist

Francesco Antonio Boi Francesco Antonio Boi (1767 – 15 May 1850) was a Sardinian physician and professor of anatomy. He is known for his work with the sculptor Clemente Susini in preparing highly detailed and accurate wax anatomical models. Birth and education Fran ...

between 1801 and 1805. The collection is housed in a pentagonal room. Preparation of the models was funded by Charles Felix (1765–1831), the younger brother of King Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (1759–1824), and the collection was originally held in his Museum of Natural History and Antiquities - these were transferred to the

University of Cagliari The University of Cagliari () is a public research university in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. It was founded in 1606 and is organized in 11 faculties. History The ''Studium Generalis Kalaritanum'' was founded in 1606 along the lines of the old ...

in 1858, then to the museum in 1991. The museum itself was formerly an armory. After falling into disrepair, the building was rebuilt by Italian architect

Libero Cecchini Libero Cecchini (28 September 1919 – 20 April 2020) was an Italian architect. He specialized in restoration of monuments and the design of residential complexes. Biography Cecchini was born in Pastrengo into a family of stonemasons. He studie ...

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Archeologico Nazionale Cagliari Buildings and structures in Cagliari National museums of Italy