The Gold of Taranto
The long, adventurous story of this fascinating city begins among the “hut” dwellings of prehistoric man. Taranto's memory spans the whole of the history of the Italic civilizations, with its Greek, Roman, Byzantine vestiges up to the present day. The Archaeological Museum of Taranto is normally housed in the Alcantarini convent, which is undergoing modernization at present, and is therefore temporarily situated in the 18th-century Palazzo Pantaleo. It contains one of the most important archaeological and artistic collections of southern Italy. There is a very famous collection of gold jewellery, which includes objects dating from the archaic age to the Byzantine period, including the magnificent diadem from the Tomb of Gold at Canosa.
Museo archeologico nazionale di Taranto
Via Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour, 10 - Taranto
