Museo civico Umberto Mastroianni
Civic museum of Marino in the former Gothic church of Santa Lucia, with statues, cippi, sarcophagi and inscriptions from the area, above a Roman cistern.
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About the museum
The museum is housed in the former church of Santa Lucia, near the ancient Frangipane fortress. The building rests on a Roman cistern of the 1st–2nd century AD and was originally a Christian place of worship, later a Romanesque church dating from 1102, remodelled in Gothic forms under the Colonna family.
The church was deconsecrated in 1669 and in the following centuries had many civil uses, including as a textile workshop, a granary and a site of activity during the Fascist period. The bombing of 1944 damaged it, and it was rebuilt in 1948. The municipality of Marino bought it in 1974 to host cultural events.
The civic museum opened in 2000. It displays classical statuary, funerary cippi, sarcophagi, inscriptions, a fragment of a pergula (a screen) from the former church, and objects seized by the Polizia di Stato, mostly from the municipal territory.
Highlights
- Former Gothic church of Santa Lucia, known as the Tempio Gotico
- Roman cistern on the underground levels
- Classical statuary, funerary cippi and sarcophagi
- Inscriptions and finds from the territory of Marino
Permanent exhibition
- Collezione archeologica e lapidaria di Marino – Classical statuary, funerary cippi, sarcophagi and inscriptions from the municipal territory, in the former church of Santa Lucia.
- Founded
- 2000
- Operated by
- Comune di Marino
- Visitors per year
- approx. 5,000
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The entrance from Largo Jacopa de’ Settesoli is accessible to people with disabilities.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
- Spaces for rent
The municipal halls can be requested for temporary use by submitting an application on the municipality’s website.
