We are still here! We made two months go by from the last post, essentially because we haven't gone around much, apart from the exhibitions that we have illustrated in the last published posts. However, we remembered that in 2019 we visited the Magna Graecia section of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN) (*), recently reopened, and we thought it was right to dedicate a separate chapter to it, given the importance and richness of the exhibits. The relevant link to the MANN website is https://mann-napoli.it/magna-grecia/ from which we extract this explanatory text: MANN's Magna Graecia collection brings together finds of various origins and provenances found, starting from the mid-eighteenth century, in the southern regions of the Kingdom of Naples where, from the end of the seventh century BC, the Greeks, having come into contact and giving life to different forms of coexistence with the indigenous populations, give rise to that complex historical and cultural phenomenon defined precisely with the name of Magna Graecia. At the beginning of the nineteenth century the first and most important discoveries in the sites of southern Italy (Paestum, Locri, Metaponto, Taranto, Ruvo, Canosa), thanks to the timely intervention of the central government, begin to increase the collections of the Kingdom Museum, under to which is soon added the acquisition of large private collections, which contribute to making the collection numerically considerable and certainly unique in its kind, rich in thousands of vases and figurative terracottas, and which includes among its masterpieces the large volute craters from the tomb of the cd. Vase by Dario da Canosa or the funerary slabs of the Tomb of the Dancers from Ruvo, together with a large number of high quality and artistic value goldsmiths produced in Cuma and Taranto. Let's start with our photos, starting from this map which illustrates the places of departure from Greece and those of arrival in Southern Italy:
The mosaic floors seen in the photos are laid on the floor of the museum; for this reason, at the time visitors were asked to wear a plastic overshoe over their shoes, so as not to damage the finds. Of course, no protection is required for wheelchair users. Once again, for refreshment we recommend the MANN Caffè, excellent both for a morning breakfast and for a light lunch. The stop at the MANN Caffè allows us to extend our visit to other sections of the museum and also to some temporary exhibitions, such as the one on Lucio Dalla, open until 25 June 2023: https://mann-napoli.it/lucio-dalla/ We are waiting for you in Naples! (*) symbol indicating the presence of toilets equipped for the disabled
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