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Mycenaean figurines and pottery, Classical Greek and Roman sculpture, and Byzantine icons, frescoes and tapestries are all well-displayed and illustrate very effectively the varied influences that make up the history of the city.
But the museum’s most celebrated treasures are the late 15th-century tapestries, especially Lady with the Unicorn, depicting the five senses and the temptations she vows to overcome.
The apartments beyond are hung with Flemish tapestries recording Charles V’s Tunis Expedition of 1535, one of them showing an upside-down map of the Mediterranean.
Inside, on the first floor, is a museum of typical Florentine domestic life from the 14th to 16th centuries, with furniture, utensils, and ceramics — the most attractive are in the Sala dei Pappagalli (Parrots’ Hall) with its trompe l’œil tapestries frescoed on the walls.
The Paço Episcopal (Bishop’s Palace) is home to a regional museum, displaying a splendid collection of highly elaborate colchas (bedspreads), as well as 16th-century tapestries.
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