Citadel of Museums

Located in Castello district, the Citadel of Museums houses some of the most important artistic treasures of the city, such as the Archaelogical Museum and the National Art Gallery.

In the district of "Castello", between "Porta Cristina" and the Independence Square, there is the ancient home of the Royal Arsenal, that is nowadays home of the most 'important artistic treasures of the city gathered in the museum collections of the National Archaeological Museum and the National Art Gallery. Here, through bronzetti and Sardinian and Catalan altarpieces of the fifteenth, they trace the history of the island.

The complex is also home of Luigi Cocco Collection (Ethnographic Museum), Anatomical Waxes Collection and of Siamese Museum, too.