Palazzo Brancaleoni houses the archaic section of the Civic Archaeological Museum of Fara in Sabina and the municipal historical archive, while the medieval section is located inside the Abbey of Farfa.
The Palace is a 15th-century building, belonging to the noble Brancaleoni family. It was born from the amalgamation of some medieval structures, among which two tower-houses incorporated into the Renaissance renovation are recognizable, adapted to the new architectural and residential canons of the 1400s that envisaged representative floors reserved for the owners, richly decorated with frescoes and coffered wooden ceilings. In the five rooms of the “noble” floor, materials are exhibited for a chronological arc between prehistory and the Roman age. In particular, among the exhibited finds are materials from the hut of Cures (8th century BC) and the gold sheets from the burial equipment of the princely tomb of Colle del Forno (tomb XI-late 7th century BC).
On the ground floor, the municipal historical archive preserves the documentation of the territory from the late 15th century.
Information about the Archaeological Museum of Fara in Sabina
Piazza del duomo, 3
02032 Fara in Sabina (Rieti)
0765277321
museofarasabina@libero.it
Source: MIBACT
