National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Tour of the highest classical roman art

MANN, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, offspring of the Real Museo Borbonico, is without doubt the world's greatest institute of classical archaeology, for both the quantity and variety of its collections. It's glorious three-century history has made it a point of reference for scholars, travellers and distinguished visitors. It's one of the most famous and visited museums in Italy, among the oldest and most important in the world for the richness and uniqueness of its heritage. The main works preserved come from the Farnese collection inherited by King Charles of Bourbon from his mother Elisabetta Farnese and from the excavations of Pompeii, Herculaneum and other archaeological sites in the Campania region. The Museum was inaugurated in 1816 by Ferdinand I of Bourbon, son of Charles, immediately becoming one of the main destinations of the so-called Grand Tour, a journey for one's classical cultural education made by European nobles who also visited Venice, Florence, Rome and then Naples.