Gaeta Diocesan Museum

The Gaeta Diocesan Museum, formally known as the Museo Diocesano e della Religiosità del Parco dei Monti Aurunci, displays a collection of religious objects and artworks, and is housed in the Palazzo De Vio, adjacent to the Cathedral of Gaeta, region of Lazio, Italy.

The palace was refurbished by Cardinal Tommaso De Vio, relative of Thomas Cajetan, as his palace in the 1700s. The collection first displayed next to church in 1976, was established as the diocesan museum in this palace was established in 1999. It houses sacred objects of silver and coral, as well as numerous artworks.

Among the works represented are:[1]

References

  1. Cultura Lazio website Archived 2015-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, entry on museum.

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