Delta del Po

THE MUSEO DELTA ANTICO (ANCIENT DELTA MUSEUM)
 

In the splendid setting of the 18th-century Ospedale degli Infermi (Hospital for the Sick) lies the Museo Delta Antico (Ancient Delta Museum), a recently-opened archaeological museum. It houses a rich heritage of archaeological finds from the local area, dating back to the earliest protohistoric period up to the Middle Ages. Approximately 2,000 exhibits tell the story of the ancient mouth of the River Po which, with its numerous navigable canals and land routes, has been an important trade and civilisation hub for centuries, linking the Mediterranean world to continental Europe. Particularly worthy of note are the sections devoted to the Etruscan town of Spina, with artifacts from the town and rich grave goods, the Roman world, and the origins of Comacchio in the early Middle Ages as a commercial emporium and bishop's seat. The precious cargo of the Roman ship of Comacchio, an authentic Pompeii of the sea that is a cross-section of the globalised world of the Roman Empire, has been transferred to the museum with a new evocative layout.

THE CASA MUSEO REMO BRINDISI (REMO BRINDISI HOUSE MUSEUM)

Unknown to most people, the "Casa Museo Remo Brindisi - Arte & Design del Novecento” (Remo Brindisi - 20th century Art & Design House Museum) is located a few kilometres from Comacchio, in Lido di Spina. It is a modern structure that the master Remo Brindisi used during the summer months, commissioning its design from the architect-designer Nanda Vigo.

The house-museum is both a true manifesto of the integration of the arts - architecture, sculpture, painting, design -, of the fusion of art and life, and of a free and democratic approach to art. The museum collection includes masters of extraordinary calibre such as Alberto Savinio, Mario Sironi, Giacomo Balla, Arturo Martini, Filippo De Pisis and Andy Warhol, among many others.