Mostra Permanente delle Carrozze d'Epoca
( Antique Carriages Museum )
This
privately owned museum houses a vast collection
of antique carriages numbering about 300 examples
of varying origin, in addition to harnesses,
saddles, whips and trimmings, some
of which are very antique.
The exhibition
is supplemented by pictures on the subject, model
carriages, items of precious porcelain,
pieces of armour, helmets, caparisons,
antique weapons, toys and traditional
farming equipment. Various countries, periods
and types are represented: majestic official Berlin
carriages (used by governors, magistrates,
princes, popes and knights of Malta)
and luxurious landaus, but also spider phaetons,
Berlins, coupes, omnibuses (which
could transport up to 15 passengers at 5 soldi
a ride), chariots, public stagecoaches,
work carts, traditional Sicilian carts,
firemen's carts, farm carts and oriental
carriages.
The most
important historical pieces include a little Berlin
presented to princess Sissi and the landau
used by the then-bishop Carol Wojtyla on a skiing
holiday in Zagopane, Poland, in addition
to some 19th century frescoed carts belonging to the
Municipality of Rome.
From
the world of cinema, there is the Irish courting
cart used by John Wayne in The Quiet Man,
a coach from the film Stagecoach, a Napoleonic
carriage with a cannon from The Baron
of Munchhausen, a trap used by Anna Magnani
and a two-horse chariot used in The Gladiator.
Information
and Addresses
Address
Via A. Millevoi, 693
Visiting
Hours Tuesday - Fridayfrom 10.00 am to 12.00 am
and from 3-00 pm to 6.00 pm; Saturday and Sunday from
9-30 a m to 12-30 a m and from 3.30 pm to 6.30 pm. Visitors
are accompanied by a guide.
Telephone
06 51958112
Price
€ 5,50; concessior 4,00
For
Tours information –
private guided tours – special entrances, no waiting
in line - VIP services
www.tourinrome.com
www.vaticanmuseuminformation.com
www.vaticanmuseumticket.com
