Category:Giovio Musaeum

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<nowiki>Museo di Giovio a Borgovico; Museo di Giovio à Borgovico; งานสะสมชุดโจวีโอ; Giovio Bilduma; Портретна колекція Джовіо; Museo di Giovio in Borgovico; Серия Джовио; Museo di Giovio in Borgovico; Series Ioviana; Giovio Musaeum; Ciovyo Seriyası; Serie gioviana; סדרת הדיוקנאות של ג'וביו; museo en Italia; musée en Italie; museum i Italien; museo Italiassa; מוזיאון באיטליה; residenza-museo presso Como, oggi scomparsa; متحف في إيطاليا; historische Residenz von Paolo Giovio; amgueddfa yn yr Eidal; museu na itália; art collection of Paolo Giovio existed in Como; muzeo en Italio; mirdi italian; museum di Italia; Giovio Collection; Giovio Portraits; Collezione Giovio</nowiki>
Giovio Musaeum 
art collection of Paolo Giovio existed in Como
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LocationComo, Province of Como, Lombardy, Italy
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Inception
  • 1537
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date
  • 1607
Map45° 48′ 55.15″ N, 9° 04′ 00.5″ E
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English: Giovio Musaeum, also known as the Giovio Collection or Giovio Portraits, was a series of portraits assembled by the 16th-century Italian Renaissance historian and biographer Paolo Giovio. It includes portraits of literary figures, rulers, statesmen and other dignitaries, many of which were done from life. Intended by Giovio as a public archive of famous men, the collection was originally housed in a specially-built museum on the banks of Lake Como.