WHAT YOU’LL DO
– you will discover the beauties of the Museum of Santa Giulia
– you will live the experience of augmented reality at the Domus dell’Ortaglia
– you will taste traditional Brescian dishes and products for lunch
– you will visit the large area of the Archaeological Park of Roman Brescia
WHAT AWAITS YOU
The day will begin with the entrance and independent visit of the Santa Giulia Museum, whose highly significant visitor itineraries wind through the monastic spaces. Among the excellences that you can admire in the museum: the Longobard basilica of San Salvatore (8th century AD), the nuns’ choir (early 16th century) and the Romanesque oratory of Santa Maria in Solario (12th century), which houses the Cross of Desire, a Carolingian goldsmith’s work, magnificently decorated with 212 gems.
Something special awaits you at the domus dell’Ortaglia, an impressive archaeological area with two houses from the Roman age (1st-3rd century AD), where the integration of contents in augmented reality allows visitors to virtually observe the reconstruction, the original decorations and furnishings of the domus.
After lunch in one of the citys traditional local restaurants, the afternoon will be dedicated to visiting the Archaeological Park of Roman Brescia, including: the sanctuary of the Republican age (1st century BC), the Capitolium (73 AD) with the remains of the imperial age and the nineteenth-century museum additions, the Winged Victory, with part of the bronze deposit and the Roman theatre (1st-3rd century AD). Also here, the experience will be enriched by the augmented reality experience, dedicated to the Winged Victory and the layout of the hall that houses it, designed by Spanish architect Juan Navarro Baldeweg. Thanks to this experience, it will be possible to explore different aspects of the statue and its history: from the iconography to the technical data, from the history of its discovery to the images of the restoration, carried out at the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence. Thanks to augmented reality it is possible to look at otherwise invisible contents, such as the internal surface of the statue or the support structure.