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The 10 Best Budget-friendly Things to do in Aquileia, Friuli Venezia Giulia
Discover the best top things to do in Aquileia, Italy including Basilica di Aquileia, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia, Cripta Degli Scavi, Il campanile di Aquileia, Sudhalle, Cimitero Al Milite Ignoto, Area Archeologica di Aquileia - Foro Romano, Il Porto sul Natissa, Il Sepolcreto, Museo Nazionale Paleocristiano.
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1. Basilica di Aquileia
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1,147 reviews
Reviewed By peetajohn - Norton, United Kingdom
We knew nothing about this place and only stopped here because of the nearby campsite review. What a place this is and what history! Buy an all-inclusive ticket which gives you access to the basilica, tower and crypt. The basilca is more of a monument than a working church as only the top end is used for services. The rest has an amazing mosaic, the largest I have ver seen, with elevated platforms to walk along and view it all. It is just superb. There is also a sad WW1 graveyard behind the church with the most beautiful and poignant statue in it - very few people visited it when I was there but it was lovely. This is a must-see place - why had we never heard of it before?
2. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Aquileia
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4.5 based on 316 reviews
The starting point for the history of the Museum is due to the activity of two very different persons: canon Giandomenico Bertoli (1676-1763) and Lepoldo Zuccolo (1761-1833), a painter from Udine. Bertoli collected finds that are still the core of the exhibition; his aim of popularization - according to his time's spirit - is reflected in his work "Le antichita di Aquileia", puglished in Venice in 1739. The seat of his exhibition was his own house, in via Patriarch Popo, and included a remarkable epigraphic collection; after his death and a series of vicissitudes it was bought by Count Antonio Cassis Faraone, who placed it in his "Palazzo" in Monastero, North-East of the centre of Aquileia. Lepoldo Zuccolo is the promoter of the first Public museum of Aquileia, in the ancient Baptistery and Church of the Pagan (both contiguous to the Basilica): it was founded in 1807 and called "Eugeniano" in honour of Eugene de Beauharnais, chief of the Central Government in Milan.
Reviewed By roadieplanner - Torrington, United States
A well laid out museum tracing the development and changes in the area from pre Roman times onward. Well signed in both Italian and English. The glass and other trade goods were excellent. Well worth a visit.
3. Cripta Degli Scavi
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4.5 based on 233 reviews
Reviewed By I6024ZEandys
These frescoes cover the walls and ceilings and show the development of religious art over the years. They're also really atmospheric to look at, along with the incredible mosaics upstairs
4. Il campanile di Aquileia
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4.5 based on 289 reviews
Reviewed By Elena257 - Timisoara, Romania
It is really nice to climb the tower, you get rewarding views of the surroundings and you can see some artifacts in the ground level.
5. Sudhalle
6. Cimitero Al Milite Ignoto
7. Area Archeologica di Aquileia - Foro Romano
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4.0 based on 316 reviews
Reviewed By thomasozbun - Vicenza, Italy
We walked along the old roman road that passed through the old roman river port sided by beautiful trees and countryside. We then turned around and passed through the roman forum with some columns still standing. Further on another open air archaeological area with roman houses and oratories which were used as private altars of the local families.
8. Il Porto sul Natissa
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4.0 based on 152 reviews
Reviewed By I6024ZEandys
It's great to picture this place 2000 years ago, with all the hustle and bustle of a Roman port. The ruins are extensive and with the help of the audio guide from the tourist office and the information boards you can take yourself back in time.
9. Il Sepolcreto
10. Museo Nazionale Paleocristiano
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4.0 based on 53 reviews
It is a peculiar one: the building, in fact, shows the last restoration in the 15 centuries life of an early Christian suburban basilica, later belonged to the Monastery of Benedictine nuns. The concepts of "museum" and "archaeological site" integrate themselves, so that the visit of the building and its mosaics is completed by the exhibition of Christian funerary inscriptions from different sites, to offer an overall image of Christian Aquileia.
