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The museum is located in the wonderful site of Malatesta Fortress<\/strong>; at the beginning, in the XIV century<\/strong>, the fortress was built by Galeotto Malatesta<\/strong>, Lord of Rimini. Then, the architect Antonio da Sangallo<\/strong>, the Younger, was appointed by Pope Paul III Farnese<\/strong> to erect a new fortress in the current aspect. It became a Napoleonic barracks and a prison until 1980. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The museum is located on the top of the Church of S. Maria del Lago<\/strong>, a polygonal church that you can find in the central body of the fortress and you can find Langobard and Goto finds.<\/strong> The most important of them are a ring \u2013<\/strong> seal<\/strong> and the reconstruction of two tombs<\/strong> with funerary equipment from the Necropolis of Castel Trosino.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

With the same ticket<\/strong> the visitor can see the beautiful architecture of Malatesta Fortress<\/strong>, a temporary exhibition<\/strong> of contemporary art on the second floor of the fortress and the Museum of Early Middle Ages.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t