Museo civico archeologico della civiltà e del territorio di Frigento

About the museum

The Museo civico archeologico della civiltà e del territorio di Frigento (FriMACT) was founded in 2015 with the permanent exhibition “A Frigento racconti del grano nel vento” (Tales of Grain in the Wind at Frigento), created by the municipality in collaboration with the Soprintendenza archeologica della Campania (archaeological heritage authority of Campania). It is located on the ground floor of Palazzo De Leo, a 19th-century building in the historic centre, where the canon and man of letters Marciano De Leo (1751–1819) lived.

The exhibition traces the history of Frigento in the Roman period, when the community was a municipium governed by two magistrates and lay not far from the route of the Via Appia. The display highlights the agricultural character of the area and presents inscriptions, funerary stelae and a boundary marker that records the agrarian division of the land. A teaching room is devoted to everyday life, with fragments of domestic decoration, oil lamps and food containers.

On the first floor of the same palazzo are the Raccolta d’Arte Pina Famiglietti, founded in 2011 through a donation by Angelo Gabbanini in memory of his wife, and the civic library. The collection comprises 108 works by 53 artists, mostly artists’ prints from the archive of a Roman art printing studio.

Highlights

• Permanent exhibition “A Frigento racconti del grano nel vento”
• Inscriptions and funerary stelae from the Roman period
• Boundary marker linked to the division of the land
• 1st-century BC inscription on the walls, gates and forum, in the palazzo courtyard
• Raccolta d’Arte Pina Famiglietti: 108 works by 53 artists

Permanent exhibitions

• A Frigento racconti del grano nel vento – Permanent archaeological exhibition on the history of Frigento in the Roman period, with inscriptions, funerary stelae and everyday finds, on the ground floor of Palazzo De Leo.
• Raccolta d'Arte Pina Famiglietti – Modern and contemporary art collection on the first floor, consisting of 108 works by 53 artists, mainly artists’ prints donated to the municipality.

Founded

2015

Operated by

Comune di Frigento

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The same building, Palazzo De Leo, also houses the civic library and a lecture room.

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