The Roman Artistic culture in Veneto – II

This tour leads to the discovery of the most remarkable artistic marks dating back to the Roman period in Veneto whose best examples are in the Venice’s lagoon area. Three different routes into three different areas of the region are presented here (routes "The Roman artistic culture in Veneto" I and III). The first stage takes place at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Venezia where it’s possible to see an extraordinary collection of portraits, funeral and decorative reliefs and also a glyptic collection among the richest ones. The second stage leads to Murano, in its Museo del vetro (Museum of the glass) are kept extraordinary examples of roman glass works produced between the I and the V centuries B.C. The last visit takes place at the Museo Provinciale in Torcello containing not only Roman funeral statues and monuments but also artistic earthen handicraft materials such as fictile antefixes, decorated fictile slabs and votive earthenwares.

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NOTE LOGISTICHE
This route (by ferry from Venice to Murano and Torcello) should last one day; To reach Murano from Venice it’s possible to take either the line number 13 or the LN line, from Murano to Torcello the LN line until Burano and lastly the T line to the destination.