The Civic Museum of Bovino is dedicated to the surgeon Carlo Gaetano Nicastro, a local historian and Honorary Inspector for Antiquities and Art works, worthy of the recovery and preservation of numerous archaeological finds discovered in Bovino. The donation of his private collection, originating from excavation campaigns conducted in the area, became the founding act of the museum, which thus came to light in 1925 in the halls of Palazzo Pisani. The building, with its main entrance on Piazza Marino Boffa, has a quadrilateral floor plan and shows an apparent uniformity from the outside. Following a renovation and restoration intervention, it emerged that the current configuration is the result of the aggregation of several building bodies combined in a way to meet the needs of a barracks for the Carabinieri corps. In any case, the oldest part consists of the ground floors whose entrances are located on Via Annunziata, Via San Francesco, and Piazza Marino Boffa. The interiors feature rooms with finely crafted barrel vaults, and a lunette pavilion in the main hall. The palace was recognized in 1987 as a work to be protected under law no. 1089 of 1939.
Information about Carlo Gaetano Nicastro Civic Museum
Piazza Marino Boffa ,
71023 Bovino (Foggia)
0881961460
Source: MIBACT
