Museo Nazionale Atestino

The Museo Nazionale Atestino is a mainly archeologic museum, displaying pre-Roman and Roman art and artifacts found in and around the town of Este in the province of Padova, region of Veneto, Italy.

Museo Nazionale Atestino
LocationEste, Italy
Coordinates45°13′45″N 11°39′24″E
Websitewww.atestino.beniculturali.it
Location of Museo Nazionale Atestino

Since 1902, the museum has been housed in the Palazzo Mocenigo, a palace erected in the 16th century incorporating into the façade part of the walls of the 14th-century castello dei Carraresi, which in 1056, had served as housing for the House of Este. The 16th-century reconstruction was patronized by the Mocenigo family of Venice. But this palace was generally destroyed in a fire in 1785. Three rooms of the Piano nobile still retain 17th-century frescoes by Giulio Carpioni.

The main collection includes 65,000 items of historical significance, plus designs, and a library.[1]

References
  1. Beni Culturali, entry on museum.
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