Art museums and galleries in Italy Art museums and galleries in Italy The Accademia Carrara (pron. [ ]) is an art gallery and an academy of fine arts in Bergamo, Italy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Accademia Carrara"
The Accademia dell'Arte del Disegno (Academy of Design) of Florence was the first academy of drawing in Europe. It was founded in 1561 with high patronage of the Medici by Giorgio Vasari, Agnolo Bronzino and Bartolommeo Ammannati, three of the central artists of Mannerism. At first the academy met in the cloisters of the Church of the Santissima Annunziata. ...more on Wikipedia about "Accademia dell' Arte del Disegno"
The Capitoline Museums ( Italian Musei Capitolini) are a group of art and archeological museums in Piazza del Campidoglio, on top of the famous Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy. The museums are contained in three palazzos surrounding a central trapezoidal piazza in a plan conceived by Michelangelo Buonarroti in 1536 and executed over a period of over 400 years. The history of the museums can be traced to 1471, when Pope Sixtus IV donated a collection of important ancient bronzes to the people of Rome and located them on Capitoline Hill. Since then, the museums' collection has grown to include a large number of ancient Roman statues, inscriptions, and other artifacts; a collection of medieval and Renaissance art; and collections of jewels, coins, and other items. The museums are owned and operated by the municipality of Rome. ...more on Wikipedia about "Capitoline Museums and Piazza del Campidoglio"
Caserta Palace, near Naples was certainly the largest palace and probably the largest building erected in Europe in the 18th century. Long after the spate of imitations of Versailles had calmed down, this grand gesture was begun in 1752 for Carlo VII of Naples, who worked closely with his architect Luigi Vanvitelli (1700-73), until on October 6, 1759 he resigned from the throne of Naples in favor of his third son Ferdinand IV of Naples, for whom the project was carried to completion. Vanvitelli was followed at Caserta by his son Carlo. The Palace of Caserta was designated a World Heritage Site in 1996. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caserta Palace"
The Doria Pamphilj Gallery, in Rome is a large privately owned art collection housed in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj. It is situated between the Via del Corso and Via della Gatta. The principal entrance is on the Piazza del Collegio Romano. ...more on Wikipedia about "Doria Pamphilj Gallery"
The Borghese Gallery (Italian: Galleria Borghese) is a former villa, the Villa Borghese Pinciana ("Borghese villa on the Pincio") in the eponymous park of the Villa Borghese in Rome. It houses a substantial collection of paintings, sculpture and antiquities begun by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the nephew of Pope Paul V (reign 1605-1621). The Villa was built by the architect Flaminio Ponzio, developing sketches by Scipione Borghese, who used it as a villa suburbana, a party villa, at the edge of Rome. ...more on Wikipedia about "Galleria Borghese"
The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (GNAA), or National Gallery of Ancient Art, is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, located on two sites: the Palazzo Barberini and the Palazzo Corsini. ...more on Wikipedia about "Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica"
The Museum of Capodimonte (Museo di Capodimonte), housed in a grand Bourbon palazzo in Naples, Italy, is the prime repository of Neapolitan and Italian cultural heritage in the city. The first and second floors house the Galeria Nazionale (National Gallery), with paintings from the 13th to the 18th centuries including major works by Caravaggio (1571-1610) and the Neapolitan Caravaggisti, Simone Martini (c.1284-1344), and Titian. Elsewhere in the palazzo the royal apartments are furnished with antique furniture in 18th century style, with a collection of porcelain and majolica from the various royal residences. Most rooms have information cards in English. ...more on Wikipedia about "Museo di Capodimonte"
The Palazzo Pitti, sometimes called the Pitti Palace, is a vast, mainly Renaissance palace in Florence, Italy. It is situated on the south side of the River Arno, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. The core of the present palazzo dates from 1458 and was originally the town residence of Luca Pitti, an ambitious Florentine banker. It was later bought by the Medici family in 1549: as the official residence of the ruling families of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, it was enlarged and enriched almost continually over the following three centuries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Palazzo Pitti"
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a small museum on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It is one of several museums of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Peggy Guggenheim Collection"
The Secret Museum (or Secret Cabinet) in Naples, Italy, is a separate section of the Naples National Archaeological Museum containing erotic artworks from the classical period. ...more on Wikipedia about "Secret Museum, Naples"
The Uffizi Gallery ( Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi) is a palace or palazzo in Florence, holding one of the oldest and most famous art museums in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Uffizi"
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