The Colossus Museum

Type:

Luoghi della cultura; Ente/Istituzione

Category:

Archaeology museums

The Colossus Collection, preserved in the city of Ugento in the Palazzo Colossus, is one of the few historical collections of the Puglia region formed with materials found in Ugento and its territory from the nineteenth century. The collection begun by Baron Adolf Colossus "with a passion for the country’s history" and is remembered by local writers as always existing on the ground floor of the palace, "jealously guarded by his sons Louis and Massimo Colossus". The discoveries, 794 in all, are set in the sixth century B.C. and the early Middle Ages. Added to these are exemplars of the modern age, such as armor and weapons and cannonballs etc. The project aimed to enhance the collection of the stables in Palazzo Colossus, its major initiative stems from the perspective of public enjoyment for the collection, whose formation dates back to the middle decades of the nineteenth century, a period in which the collecting was crucial to the high quality conservation of our region, playing an important role in the formation of many museums of Puglia.