Saint Augustine?s Museum, located in the ex convent, the Bishop house in the past, is a benchmark of Genoa?s social and cultural life. In the ambiences around the cloisters, visitors can enjoy the greatness of its masterpieces and touch with hands the fusion of art styles between the Middle age and the Modern one. Over 4.000 works are displayed, headstones, metal and architectural sculptures, epigraphs, goldsmith works, ceramics and terracotta, frescos from religious and civilian buildings. Along an itinerary, starting from the X to the XVIII century, visitors can also find some specific sections dedicated to wood , ivory and veneration sculptures. The Margherita Bramante?s Funeral Monument by Giovanni Pisano, the ?Madonna with the Child? by Pierre Puget are particularly weel-known; the magnificent ?Penitent Madonna? by Antonio Canova is considered one of the most famous masterpiece of the European Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries. from Tuesday to Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ; Close on Monday.Adult ? 4,00; Groups ? 2,80; children under 18 and people over 65 are free of charge.Sarzano Square ,35; Genoa ovest highway exit; take the ?overhead? road and follow city centre direction; turn at the first junction and continue to Carignano Quarter (Galliera Hospital area). Car park at Carignano Square, at Piccapietra Square or Dante Square.Download the coupon and you will have a discount on the entrance ticket !
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