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The Farneta Museum of Archaeology and Palaeontology

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Location:	CORTONA TEL. 0575/610010
Opening time: open on request Admission free Ecclesiastical property Attached to the Benedictine Abbey of Farneta (11th century), this museum consists of two sections: an archaeological collection (a Roman tomb, three Etruscan travertine urns, a holy-water stoup, several Roman sculptures) alongside two 14th-century terracotta statues portraing St. Peter and St. Paul, and 16 paintings dating to the 17th century. The other section is devoted to palaeontology with fossil remains of Pliocenic fauna (a Helephas Meridionalis, a Helephas Antiquus).