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The museum of the Scuderie del Quirinale has very special guests: the famous army of terracotta soldiers buried over 2000 years ago by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huangdi (221-210 BC). These statues representing soldiers, their horses, and all the necessary equipment of an army, wereburied together with the emperor, who during his reign had conquered huge territories to form an enormously vast empire.

The exhibition named “China. Birth of an Empire” presents chinese art and culture starting from the Zhou-dynasty (1045-221 BC) to the Han-dynasty (206 BC – 23 AD). It consists, in addition to the famous terracotta soldiers excavated only recently, of 350 extraordinary works of art, brought together from 14 different Chinese museums.

 

The exhibition was opened to the public on the 22nd September, and will continue until the 28th January 2007. For information on opening hours and ticket prices see the site of the museum. For instructions on how to find your way to the museum check the site of the local transport company ATAC and last but not least, to book your hotel in Rome