Fodor's Expert Review Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia

Reggio Calabria Fodor's Choice

Reggio Calabria is home to one of southern Italy's most important archaeological museums. Its prize exhibit, of course, is the two ancient Greek statues known as the Bronzi di Riace, which were discovered by an amateur deep-sea diver off Calabria's Ionian Coast in 1972. After a lengthy but necessary conservation effort, these 5th-century-BC statues of two Greek warriors, thought to be the work of either Pheidias or Polykleitos, now take pride of place in their special temperature-controlled room, complete with earthquake-resistant bases. 

Fodor's Choice History Museum

Quick Facts

Piazza de Nava 26
Reggio Calabria, Calabria  89123, Italy

0965-613988

www.museoarcheologicoreggiocalabria.it

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Rate Includes: €8, Closed Mon.

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