ART COLLECTION:
The aim of the Art and Archeology Collection of the Hotel is the same as has driven us on so
many other occasions to offer an exceptional framework to allow the clients to experience and
feel that they are close to the world of culture. Our enthusiastic desire has always been to
create symbiosis based on the conviction that economy and culture must give each other mutual
support. In fact, this is a characteristic seal of Derby Hotels Collection. These valuable
works of antiquity reveal the sensitivity of our ancestors and take us back to their
constructions, palaces, temples and homes. We wish to capture this essence and offer it in this
Hotel because, despite the centuries, they are objects full of strength, beauty, freshness and
colour.
Jewels of the Villa Real:
More than 100 around the Hotel, including :
- Furniture from the 18th to19th centuries
- Roman Sculptures from the 1st and 2nd Centuries AD
- Apulian Vessels from the 4th and 3rd Centuries BC
- Roman Mosaics from the 3rd and 4th Centuries AD
- Silk Tapestries from the 18th Century
A very Special Collection:
Roman Statues normally represent divine figures heroes, emperors, members of the imperial
family or other illustrious persons, important members of society for a variety of
circumstances. They were placed in the temples, squares, the public buildings or in private
surroundings.
The Apulian Vessels include painted ceramics in Greek technique and style (mainly Attica),
from the last quarter of the 5th century to the beginning of the 3rd century BC in centres of
the area of Aulia. In terms of quantity, it is the largest of the five ceramic collections of
red figures defined in ancient Greece.