Weapons

Although the 34 weapons displayed aren’t a real collection, they are part of the rich legacy left by Count Guglielmo Coronini Cronberg and are undoubtedly of great importance: they include cold weapons, firearms and pole weapons. In addition to the family heirlooms belonging to the Coronini’s or their relatives under the Habsburg Empire, there are several exotic items as Japanese and Islamic weapons, an Indian shield and a peculiar African dagger with shells. A series of 16th century Partisan weapons as well as some valuable firearms are evidence of the great variety of this collection. Among them, some are standing out: a 17th century pistol by the renown gunsmith Lazarino Cominazzo from Brescia, a curious air rifle and, above all, the rare prototype of a rifle with 13 gun barrels, which was designed and patented by Arturo Coronini Cronberg in 1882.