Civico Museo Archeologico (Archaeological Museum), Milan - Centre

Archaeological history of Milan

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This museum houses a superb collection of artefacts from the Roman eras, through to the Middle Ages in a historic monastery.

The building itself used to be a Benedictine convent, founded in the 7th century, and contains many interesting features dating back to Roman times, including remains of a house, an imperial palace, the city walls and a Roman circus.

The collection includes mainly artefacts from the Mediolanum settlement (Roman Gauls) dating back to the 2nd century BC. There are also medieval frescoes, as well as Greek and Etruscan objects.