Significant frescoes removed and displayed at a museum

Connected Sites: 5

Definition
WHS where Significant frescoes have been removed and are now displayed at a museum

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Connected Sites

  • Vall de Boi
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.24
    91
    7
    Most frescoes have been removed and are displayed at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona
  • Rome
    Rome
    Holy See, Italy
    Inscribed: 1980
    4.58
    671
    13
    The frescoes from Casa della Farnesina are on display at the Museo Nazionale Romano.
  • Etruscan Necropolises
    Inscribed: 2004
    3.47
    173
    9

    "Although in the 1960s, some of the wall paintings from Tarquinia were removed and placed in museums, this practice is no longer happening." (OUV) – "Great amount of movable finds from the tombs are on display in the relevant museums in the nearby towns of Cerveteri and Tarquinia. Those include also detached wall paintings and decorated coffins (sarcophaguses)." (AB Ev)
  • Minoan Palatial Centres
    Inscribed: 2025
    2.76
    117
    6

    The Heraklion Archaeological Museum houses the originals of the "Bull-Leaping Fresco," the "Dolphin Fresco," and the "Ladies in Blue."
  • Pompei
    Pompei
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1997
    4.38
    458
    8
    Many removed frescoes from Pompeii and Herculaneum are on display at the Museo Archeologico at Naples.