The Civic Museum and the Municipal Art Gallery of Foggia, established on October 28, 1931, are housed in the rooms of Palazzo Arpi, in Piazza Nigri. The building stands on the street of the same name, which takes its name from the ancient city of Arpi, the largest in Daunia. Palazzo Arpi is located near the area where the imperial palace was built by order of Frederick II of Swabia in 1223. Only a plaque and the archivolt of the entrance portal remain – supported by two eagles – created by the famous protomagister Bartolomeo da Foggia, embedded along the side of the Museum facing Piazza Nigri. The Museum contains an archaeological section, an ethnographic section, an art gallery dedicated to works from the 17th and 18th centuries, a lapidary collection, a Prints section, and the reconstruction of two remarkable Daunian tombs from the 4th-3rd centuries BC, the Medusa Tomb and the Knights’ Tomb.
Information about the Civic Museum of Foggia
Piazza Vincenzo Nigri 1,
71100 Foggia (Foggia)
0881726245
https://www.apuliamuseum.com
Source: MIBACT
