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Discovery and Triumph of the Cross, attributed to Antoniazzo Romano, in Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
5 Santa Croce in inscription in Latin, Hebrew, Opened in 1974, the museum
Gerusalemme and Greek: “Jesus of Nazareth has a collection of more than
King of the Jews.” 3,000 outstanding musical
Piazza di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme In the crypt is a Roman instruments from all over the
12. Map 10 E1. Tel 06-7061 3053. statue of Juno, found at Ostia world, including instruments
@ 16, 81, 649, 810. v 3. Open 7am–
12:45pm & 3:30–7:30pm daily. 5 = (see pp272–3), transformed typical of the various regions
into a statue of St. Helena by of Italy, and wind, string, and
Emperor Constantine’s mother replacing the head and arms percussion instruments of all
St. Helena founded this church and adding a cross. The ages (including ancient
in AD 320 on the grounds of her 15th-century apse fresco Egyptian, Greek, and Roman).
private palace. Although the shows the medieval legends There are also sections
church stood at the edge of the that arose around the Cross. dedicated to church and
city, the relics of the Crucifixion Helena is shown holding it military music. The greater part
that St. Helena had brought over a dead youth and of the collection is composed
back from Jerusalem made it restoring him to life. Another of Baroque instruments: be sure
a center of pilgrimage. Most episode shows its recovery to see the gorgeous Barberini
important were the pieces of from the Persians by the harp, remarkably well-
Christ’s Cross (croce means Byzantine Emperor Heraclitus preserved, on the first floor
cross) and part of Pontius Pilate’s after a bloody battle. In the in Room 13. There are spinets,
center of the apse is a harpsichords, and clavichords,
magnificent tomb by Jacopo and one of the first pianos ever
Sansovino made for Cardinal made, dating from 1722.
Quiñones, Emperor Charles V’s
confessor (died 1540).
6 Museum of
Musical Instruments
Museo degli Strumenti Musicali,
Piazza di Santa Croce in Gerusa lemme
9a. Map 10 E1. Tel 06-701 4796.
@ 16, 81, 649, 810. v 3.
Open 9am–7pm Tue–Sun.
Closed Jan 1, Dec 25.. & 7
∑ museostrumentimusicali.it
One of Rome’s lesser-known
museums, the building stands
on the site of the Sessorianum,
the great Imperial villa belonging
18th-century statue of St. Helena on the to Empress St. Helena, later Art Nouveau entrance to the Museum
facade of Santa Croce included in the Aurelian Wall. of Musical Instruments

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