Things to do in Nola Italy – what to see attractions and activities

The Antiquarium of the Episcopal Seminary is located in the eighteenth-century palace in the center of Nola. Inside it houses finds found during excavations carried out in Cimitile and objects dating from the 8th century BC and the Roman Imperial Age. The most important find is represented by the 'Cippus Abellanus', which defined the regulation of the sacred lands of the sanctuary of Hercules.

The Historical Archaeological Museum of Nola is located in the building where the Canossian Convent was first located. After the restoration, carried out at the behest by the Municipal Administration, an exhibition path of the ancient city of Nola was integrated. The staging takes place in five times, from the origins: 8th — 7th century BC until the rule of Rome in Ancient Campania. A special room is dedicated to prehistory that documents the inhabitants of the Bronze Age buried by the Vesuvian eruption.

The “I Gigli” Ethnomusical Museum was established in 2000, with the aim of protecting and promoting knowledge of the ethnomusical aspect of the festival of the Lilies of Nola and southern Italy. The venue of the Museum is located in the place where the ancient celebrations for the feast of the saint and of the ancient folk tradition began, a place very dear to the Nolans.

Inside the Museum there are masterpieces of art dating from the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. The Museum tells the millennial history of the Diocese of Nola. The space that the museum devotes to exhibitions is divided into different environments. The collections include precious silver, sacred vestments, etc. inside the museum there is a section that preserves ancient texts and codes of the Historical Archive of the Diocese.

The Roman Amphitheatre of Nola was built during the first century BC and was also referred to as “Brick Amphitheatre”. It is located close to the republican walls of the ancient city and during the excavations performed in the twentieth century six pillars of limestone decorated with scenes of trophies and weapons came to light.