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National Museum of Naples

one of the largest museums of ancient art in Italy. It was founded in the 18th century. The museum has works of art from the Farnese, Borgia, and other family collections, as well as works recovered from excavations in southern Italy, particularly in Pompei and Herculaneum. It also owns extensive sculpture (primarily Roman), painting (frescoes and mosaics), applied art, and coin collections.

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Maiuri, B. Museo Nazionale di Napoli. Novara, 1957.

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The National Museum of Naples is home to history's most enduring monument: a sculpture of Herodotus and Thucydides, two busts that look in opposite directions, representing two polar opposites and yet ever-lasting, ways of looking at history.

Frontiers of History: Historical Inquiry in the Twentieth Century by Hesketh, Ian / Canadian Journal of History

National Liberal Party of Germany

National Liberation Alliance

National Liberation Front

National Liberation Front of South Vietnam

National Liberation Front, Party of the

National Liberation Revolution

National Liberation War in Yugoslavia of 1941–45

National Mall

National Manly Man Festival and Spam Cook-Off

National Marbles Tournament

National Marine Sanctuary Foundation