Museo dell’Antiquarium

The municipality Antiquarium

The Municipality Antiquarium is hosted both in the first floor and the basement of the ancient Community Palace of Sutri .This XV century building , used as a Civic Hospital in the past , also hosts the historical archive as well as the public library. This museum keeps several findings belonging to Sutri and its territory; sculptures , epigraphs, canvases , which are fundamental for the historical profile of the municipality, indeed Sutri was a very important center during the Roman period ,thus  in 465 BC was entitled as a bishopric, as a fundamental stop for all the routes leading to Rome throughout the middle-age.

Big emphasis is given to the tombstones traced back to the late-ancient and medieval Cathedral, as well as to the archeological findings from the roman and etruscan age.In the first Hall are kept some finds belonging to the Sutri Cathedral , both coming from the facade and the portal.These fragments are the work of the Cosmatis’s, as the lighting gives the opportunity to better observe the ornamentation,the semiprecious stones , the marble implied , the glass-paste and the gold leaf , all present in these fragments. At first floor halls are also exhibited some artifacts from both Roman and etruscan age , introduced by the so-called Papal tombstone of Colonia di Sutri .

The Lapidarium Hall exhibition has been improved with a led screen that cyclically shows promotional ads of Sutri and its archeological park. Before getting into the last hall there’s a narrow hallway that mimics the mithraic path. Here are 7 captions (as the 7 grades in mithraism)that lead to a Mithra tombstone , borrowed from the National Roman Museum .

The last hall is where other finds are kept , along with a Sarcophagus entitled to Tito Egnatio , and also a Sarcophagus decorated with amazonomachy scenes.