It is
privately owned and it includes in 3,000 m² (33,000 square feet) 144 coaches
from various countries of the world from the eighteenth century to the present
day, all collected in forty years of research by the owner Romolo Apolloni
All coaches
have been restored and are still in working condition
Among the
types of carriages are landau, convertible, sedans, coupes, omnibuses (there is
one with fifteen seats), chariots, stagecoaches, working wagons and Sicilian
carts
Other 149
coaches are kept in an adjacent room
In the
museum there are also paintings, models of carriages, porcelain, armor,
helmets, antique weapons, antique toys and farm equipment
The exhibit
includes also a set of harness for horses
Among the main pieces:
Sedan
belonged to Princess Sissi of Austria
The Irish
chariot used by John Wayne in
the movie “The Quiet Man”
Some Roman
wagons painted in 1800s
Coach of
the 1939 John Ford movie “Stagecoach”
Napoleonic
cart with cannon from the movie “Baron Munchausen”
Landau
belonged to the bishop Karol Wojtyla
later to become Pope John Paul II. He used it to go skiing in Zagopane in
Poland
Small cart
of the Italian actress Anna Magnani
Chariot
used in the movie “Gladiator” with Russell
Crowe
No comments:
Post a Comment