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upon his re-entry into Modena in 1814, it stands as a symbol of the collaboration between church, state and nobility. It also marks a new direction for the city of Modena, one recognising its rich historical identity.
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in the 2nd and 3rd centuries A.D. Many of the museum's corridors are dedicated to the local remains in and around Modena from 183 BC when it became the Roman military colony of
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The museum was built around an initial nucleus of antique stone objects already present within the Estense collection, thanks to
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C. Malmusi, in "Atti Deputazione Storia Patria Province di Modena e Parma," p. VIII, 1872, Modena.
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The collection includes a multitude of partially and wholly complete limestone and marble
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Preserved medieval columns in the inner loggia of the Estense Lapidary Museum.
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and reliefs. Many of the exhibits are funerary monuments, notably inscribed
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ground floor. It is owned by the province of Modena and the
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Nicoletta Giordani, Giovanna, Paolozzi Strozzi (edited by)
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The collections also contain works transferred from
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Modena
Italy
Archaeology museum
Martina Bagnoli
www.gallerie-estensi.beniculturali.it/museo-lapidario-estense/
lapidarium
Modena
Gallerie Estensi
Duke Francesco IV d'Este

sarcophagi
Alfonso II d'Este
Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi
Modena
Reggio Emilia
Carlo Malmusi
stele
Roman
Ravenna
Modena's cathedral
Wiligelmo
unification of Italy

Biblioteca Estense
Pinacoteca Nazionale in Ferrara
Ducal Palace of Sassuolo
Categories
Archaeological museums in Italy
Museums in Modena

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