Museo Campano, Capua

Name: Museo Campano
Address: Via Roma 68, Capua, 81043, Italy
Telephone: +39 0823 620035

#2 among attractions in Capua

Specialty museum, Museum

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The Museo Provinciale Campano di Capua is a provincial museum located in Capua, southern Italy. Established in 1870 and inaugurated in 1874, it is housed in the historic Palazzo Antignano. The museum is dedicated to ancient Italian civilization in Campania, and is home to an extensive collection of ritual statues representing matres matutae coming from the ancient Roman site of Capua antica. It also hosts the second largest lapidarium in the region, after that of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. ()

Local name: Museo provinciale campano di Capua Established: 1870 (154 years ago)Coordinates: 41°6'39"N, 14°12'49"E

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Via Roma 68Capua 81043 Italy

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+39 0823 620035

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Museo Campano – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Reggia di Carditello, Sant'Angelo in Formis, Arch of Hadrian, Capua Cathedral.

3.6 miS
Historical place, Palace, Vernacular architecture
Reggia di Carditello, San Tammaro
92 min walk • The Royal Estate of Carditello includes a small 18th-century palace once belonging to the Neapolitan Bourbon Monarchy and its surrounding grounds in San Tammaro, a small village in the province of Caserta in the region of Campania.
2.5 miE
Church, Romanesque architecture
Sant'Angelo in Formis, Capua
64 min walk • Sant'Angelo in Formis is an abbey in the municipality of Capua in southern Italy. The church, dedicated to St Michael the Archangel, lies on the western slopes of Monte Tifata.
2.6 miSE
Arch
Arch of Hadrian
66 min walk • The Arch of Hadrian is an ancient Roman triumphal arch located in Santa Maria Capua Vetere. It was originally a triple arch, but today only three pylons and one of the lateral arches survive. It spanned the Appian Way and constituted an ideal entrance to the city, perhaps corresponding to the line of the pomerium.
~910 ftSW
Church
Capua Cathedral, Capua
5 min walk • Capua Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Capua, Campania, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It is the episcopal seat of the Archbishops of Capua. It was given the status of a basilica minor in 1827.
6.6 miSE
Area
Capodrise, Marcianise
168 min walk • Capodrise is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 25 kilometres north of Naples and about 3 kilometres southwest of Caserta.
6.2 miSE
Area
Recale, Marcianise
157 min walk • Recale is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 25 kilometres north of Naples and about 3 kilometres southwest of Caserta.
4.6 miSE
Area
Casapulla, Caserta
118 min walk • Casapulla is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 4 kilometres west of Caserta. Casapulla borders the municipalities of Casagiove, Curti, Macerata Campania, Recale, and San Prisco.
5.5 miSE
Area
Casagiove, Caserta
141 min walk • Casagiove is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 1 kilometre west of Caserta.
2.6 miSE
Historical place, Museum
Anfiteatro Campano
66 min walk • The Amphitheatre of Capua was a Roman amphitheatre in the city of Capua, second only to the Colosseum in size and probably the model for it.
2.9 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum
Museo archeologico dell'antica Capua
75 min walk • The Archaeological Museum of Ancient Capua is located in the heart of Santa Maria Capua Vetere. The establishment of the museum stems from the need to present, according to the most modern exhibition criteria, the materials unearthed during the...
2.8 miSE
Town
Santa Maria Capua Vetere
73 min walk • Santa Maria Capua Vetere is a town and comune in the province of Caserta, part of the region of Campania. Though it is not connected with the Civitas Capuana, the town is a medieval place and its proximity to the Roman amphitheatre led the inhabitants to change its name in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, where Capua Vetere means Old Capua.