<< Our Photo Pages >> Musei Civici di Palazzo Farnese - Museum in Italy in Emilia-Romagna
Submitted by CoppellaiaMatta on Tuesday, 04 March 2025 Page Views: 1672
MuseumsSite Name: Musei Civici di Palazzo FarneseCountry: Italy
NOTE: This site is 13.408 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Emilia-Romagna Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Piacenza
Latitude: 45.055565N Longitude: 9.696164E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
The jewel in the collection of the Musei Civici di Palazzo Farnese is the "Fegato di Piacenza" (Piacenza Liver), a bronze reproduction of a sheep liver measuring 126x76x60 mm and dating between the 2nd and the 1st Century BC.
Found near Gossolengo, it was used for the practice of haruspicy.
Once a map used to interpret corresponding anomalies found in the liver of a sacrificed animal, in an attempt to understand the will of the Gods, today it's a wonderful tool to help us understand the Etruscan world and way of living.
From the information point at the Museum:
'The upper surface is almost entirely occupied by inscriptions in the Etruscan language (abbreviations of the names of their divinities) inserted in 38 boxes. It also presents, simplified, three anatomical protrusions: the gallbladder, the pointy "processus pyramidalis" and the hemispheric "processus papillaris".
The general scheme includes a perimetral ribbon divided into sixteen boxes, a sort of rose of six boxes on the left lobe, a chessboard of eight boxes on the right lobe, four boxes on the gall bladder, the other four in the centre.
The other, convex, face is divided into two lobes by a line called "ligamentum coronarium", on each lobe there's an inscription (possibly the abbreviation of the Etruscan name for Moon and Sun)
The sixteen boxes of the perimetral ribbon represents the sixteen celestial seats in which the Etruscans believed the Gods resided. The Liver of Piacenza therefore not only constitutes a map of Etruscan hepatoscopy, but also records the symmetry with the celestial geography according to the theory of the correspondence of the microcosm and the macrocosm in the design of the universe.
The object shows a precious picture of the Etruscan pantheon, which has a complex and stratified formation: the primitive substrate is represented by entities associated with the force of nature and of the afterlife, whose function sometimes remains uncertain and their appearance unknown; following contacts with the Italic world, divinities with human features and precise prerogatives appear, however very different from those of the classical world.
On the Liver of Piacenza, influences of oriental divinatory practices can be seen in two curvilinear sections engraved in the left sector. These anatomical signs, also called in Babylonian hepatoscopy texts "manzau" (the presence) and "padanu" (the path), were considered indispensable for the inspection of the organ.'
My friend, who kindly sent me the picture of the Piacenza Liver, reports that Palazzo Farnese, once home of the Parma dukes, hosts the Archaeological museum, showcasing the bronze Liver and Piacenza's history through the centuries, and more.
There's the Art Gallery (where a Botticelli Tondo is on display), a Carriages Museum, a section dedicated to ceramic and glass pieces as well as the Risorgimento Museum related to the birth of modern Italy.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Flickr
The above images may not be of the site on this page, but were taken nearby. They are loaded from Flickr so please click on them for image credits.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the areaKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
38.7km NNW 346° Palazzo Pignano Ancient Village or Settlement
56.9km ESE 119° Museo Archeologico Nazionale Museum
61.0km NW 319° Civico Museo Archeologico di Milano Museum
66.0km WSW 244° Sant'Alosio cup marks Rock Art
76.0km WSW 240° Libarna* Ancient Village or Settlement
76.5km S 169° Pontremoli Museum* Museum
83.9km NNE 22° Pyramids of Zone* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
86.8km NE 50° Manerba del Garda Chambered Tombs Chambered Tomb
87.2km SSW 200° Museo Archeologico di Chiavari Museum
87.3km E 82° Museo Archeologico (Mantova)* Museum
88.4km NE 51° La Rocca di Manerba* Ancient Temple
93.6km W 259° Pietra Guaritrice di Villa del Foro* Standing Stone (Menhir)
96.4km NNW 328° Cerchio di Como Stone Circle
96.5km NE 52° Roccia delle Griselle* Carving
96.6km NNW 329° Roccione di Prestino Rock Art
97.1km SW 229° Giutte Cairn Cairn
97.1km SW 229° Issel's Cup Mark Stone Rock Art
99.7km NNE 22° Luine* Rock Art
100.8km NNE 23° Boario Terme Archeopark Museum
100.9km NW 311° Malpensa Airport Terminal 2* Museum
102.3km NE 51° Crero* Carving
103.9km S 178° Menhir di Monte Capri Standing Stone (Menhir)
104.2km SW 231° Faiallo's standing stone (2)* Standing Stone (Menhir)
104.4km NW 318° Bòsc di Sàss Rock Art
104.7km SW 231° Faiallo's Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir)
View more nearby sites and additional images
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.