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The Polo Museale del Lazio – i.e., roughly: Museum Center of Lazio in Italy – with Rome as its chief city, is an office of Italy's Minister of Cultural Heritage (MIBACT).

History, functions, and aims

The office was established on August 29, 2014 and started to work on December 11, 2014, acquiring and organizing museums, institutions and archaeological areas previously managed by eleven offices. Like the others Poli Museali of other regions of Italy, it depends from the Direzione Generale Musei of the same MIBACT.

The Polo Museale manages and promotes Lazio's museums, institutions, archaeological areas and other cultural sites belonging or given over to the Italian State. An important function of the office is to promote the so-called Art Bonus,^[1] a new model of tax relief connected to the world of arts which was introduced in 2014.^[2] The office defines common strategies and aims, promotes the integration and organization of museological and cultural itineraries, working together with the Segretario Regionale.

Seat, staff, and director

The Polo Museale del Lazio has its seat in Palazzo Venezia, Rome. The office's composed of c.688 units, divided in scholar and technical experts - many of whom have a wide and international reputation - administrators and custodial staff. The Director of the office is Edith Gabrielli.^[3]^[4]

Museums, institutions, and cultural sites

The Polo Museale del Lazio manages 43 museological institutes: their chronology spans from antiquity,^[5] the Middle Ages^[6] and the modern age^[7] to the contemporary age.^[8] Some of them deal with the world of anthropology, but the major weight of the office shifts on archaeology, history, art and architecture. A total of some 10 million per year visit institutions which are directly managed by the Polo Museale del Lazio, making it one of the most important institutions of its kind. The most visited sites are the Pantheon, Castel Sant'Angelo, the Abbey of Montecassino, Villa d'Este and Villa Adriana, i.e. Hadrian's Villa.

The following is an alphabetical list of museums, institutions and cultural sites directly managed by the Polo Museale del Lazio:^[9]

Abbazia di Casamari – Veroli (Frosinone)
Abbazia di Fossanova – Priverno (Latina)
Abbazia di Montecassino – Cassino (Frosinone)
Abbazia Greca di San Nilo – Grottaferrata (Roma)
Area Archeologica di Villa Adriana – Tivoli (Roma)
Basilica di San Cesareo de Appia – Roma
Basilica di San Francesco – Viterbo
Cappella dell’Annunziata – Cori (Latina)
Casa di San Tommaso – Aquino (Frosinone)
Certosa di Trisulti – Collepardo (Frosinone)
Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore – Tuscania (Viterbo)
Chiesa di San Pietro – Tuscania (Viterbo)
Galleria Spada – Roma
Monastero di San Benedetto Sacro Speco – Subiaco (Roma)
Monastero di Santa Scolastica – Subiaco (Roma)
Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II (Vittoriano) – Roma
Museo Archeologico dell’Agro Falisco e Forte Sangallo – Civita Castellana (Viterbo)
Museo Archeologico Nazionale – Civitavecchia (Roma)
Museo Archeologico Nazionale e Area Archeologica – Sperlonga (Latina)
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Palestrina e Santuario della Fortuna Primigenia (Roma)
Museo Boncompagni Ludovisi per le Arti Decorative, il Costume e la Moda dei secoli XIX e XX – Roma
Museo dell’Alto Medioevo – Roma
Museo delle Navi Romane di Nemi (Roma)
Museo Giacomo Manzù – Ardea (Roma)
Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen – Roma
Museo Mario Praz – Roma
Museo Nazionale Archeologico Cerite – Cerveteri (Roma)
Museo Nazionale d’Arte Orientale “Giuseppe Tucci” – Roma
Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali – Roma
Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia e Biblioteca di Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte – Roma
Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo – Roma
Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Rocca Albornoz – Viterbo
Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia – Roma
Museo Nazionale Preistorico ed Etnografico “Luigi Pigorini” – Roma
Palazzo Altieri – Oriolo Romano (Viterbo)
Palazzo Farnese – Caprarola (Viterbo)
Pantheon – Roma
Santuario Madonna della Quercia – Viterb
Torre di Cicerone – Arpino (Frosinone)
Villa d’Este – Tivoli (Roma)
Villa Giustiniani – Bassano Romano (Viterbo)
Villa Lante Bagnaia – Viterbo

Palazzo Venezia, seat of the Polo Museale del Lazio, Rome
Abbey of Casamari, Veroli (Frosinone)
Abbey of Montecassino, Cassino (Frosinone)
Greek Abbey of Saint Nilo, Grottaferrata (Rome)
Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli (Rome)
San Cesareo de Appia Basilica, Rome
San Francesco Basilica, Viterbo
Charter House of Trisulti, Collepardo (Frosinone)
Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Tuscania (Viterbo)
Church of San Pietro, Tuscania (Viterbo)
Galleria Spada, Rome
Monastry of Saint Benedictus at the Holy Speco, Subiaco (Rome)
The Monument to King Vittorio Emanuele II, or Vittoriano, Rome
Archaeological Museum of the Agro Falisco and Fort of Sangallo, Civita Castellana (Viterbo)
National Archaeological Museum of Palestrina and Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina (Rome)
National Archaelogical Museum and Villa of Tiberius, Sperlonga (Latina)
Boncompagni Ludovisi Museum for XIXth and XXth Century Applied Arts, Costumes and Fashion, Rome
National Museum of Early Middle Ages, Rome
National Museum of the Roman Ships, Nemi (Rome)
"Hendrik Christian Andersen" National Museum, Rome
"Mario Praz" National Museum, Rome
Cerite National Archaeological Museum, Cerveteri (Rome)
“Giuseppe Tucci” National Museum of Oriental Art, Rome
National Museum of Musical Instruments, Rome
National Museum of the Palazzo di Venezia and Library of Archaeology and History of Art, Rome
Castel Sant’Angelo's National Museum, Rome
National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome
National Museum of Prehistory and Etnography “Luigi Pigorini”, Rome
Palazzo Altieri, Oriolo Romano (Viterbo)
Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola (Viterbo)
Pantheon, or Santa Maria della Rotonda, Rome
Tower of Cicerone, Arpino (Frosinone)
Villa d'Este, Tivoli (Rome)
Villa Giustiniani, Bassano Romano (Rome)
Villa Lante, Bagnaia (Viterbo)

References

External links

Polo Museale del Lazio official website

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[1] Art Bonus.

[2] ttp://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/MibacUnif/Comunicati/visualizza_asset.html_1137023887.html

[3] Edith Gabrielli.

[4] ttp://www.artemagazine.it/persone/79175/edith-gabrielli-chi-e-il-nuovo-soprintendente-del-polo-museale-del-lazio/

[5] Antiquity.

[6] Middle Age.

[7] Modern Age

[8] Contemporary Age.

[9] ttp://www.polomusealelazio.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/142/istituti-e-luoghi-della-cultura

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 The Polo Museale del Lazio – i.e., roughly: Museum Center of [[Lazio]] in [[Italy]] – with [[Rome]] as its chief city, is an office of [[Italy]]'s Minister of [[Cultural Heritage]] ([[:it:Ministero dei beni e delle attività culturali e del turismo|MIBACT]]).
-==History, functions and aims==
+==History, functions, and aims==
 The office was established on August 29, 2014 and started to work on December 11, 2014, acquiring and organizing museums, institutions and archaeological areas previously managed by eleven offices. Like the others Poli Museali of other regions of Italy, it depends from the Direzione Generale Musei of the same MIBACT.
 The Polo Museale manages and promotes Lazio's museums, institutions, archaeological areas and other cultural sites belonging or given over to the Italian State. An important function of the office is to promote the so-called Art Bonus,<ref>[http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/MibacUnif/Comunicati/visualizza_asset.html_1137023887.html Art Bonus].</ref> a new model of tax relief connected to the world of arts which was introduced in 2014.<ref>http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/MibacUnif/Comunicati/visualizza_asset.html_1137023887.html</ref> The office defines common strategies and aims, promotes the integration and organization of museological and cultural itineraries, working together with the Segretario Regionale.
-==Seat, staff and director==
+==Seat, staff, and director==
 The Polo Museale del Lazio has its seat in [[Palazzo Venezia]], Rome. The office's composed of c.688 units, divided in scholar and technical experts - many of whom have a wide and international reputation - administrators and custodial staff. The Director of the office is Edith Gabrielli.<ref>[http://www.polomusealelazio.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/144/il-direttore Edith Gabrielli].</ref><ref>http://www.artemagazine.it/persone/79175/edith-gabrielli-chi-e-il-nuovo-soprintendente-del-polo-museale-del-lazio/</ref>
-;Museums, institutions, cultural sites and public
+==Museums, institutions, and cultural sites==
 The Polo Museale del Lazio manages 43 museological institutes: their chronology spans from antiquity,<ref>[http://www.polomusealelazio.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/145/antichit Antiquity].</ref> the Middle Ages<ref>[http://www.polomusealelazio.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/146/medio-evo Middle Age].</ref> and the modern age<ref>[http://www.polomusealelazio.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/147/et-moderna Modern Age]</ref> to the contemporary age.<ref>[http://www.polomusealelazio.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/148/et-contemporanea Contemporary Age].</ref> Some of them deal with the world of anthropology, but the major weight of the office shifts on archaeology, history, art and architecture. A total of some 10 million per year visit institutions which are directly managed by the Polo Museale del Lazio, making it one of the most important institutions of its kind. The most visited sites are the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]], [[Castel Sant'Angelo]], the Abbey of [[Montecassino]], [[Villa d'Este]] and Villa Adriana, i.e. [[Hadrian's Villa]].