The Sala Colombiana (Colombian Room) was named after the marble sculpture in the western lodge: Colombo Giovinetto, created by Giulio Monteverde in 1872.
Being the main reception area of the castle, this room aims to document, through the books of its library, some of the fields of interest of Captain D’Albertis: the navy, his explorations, literature and hunting, map-making and archaeology, sundials and natural science…The Colombian Room thus becomes a “cabinet of curiosities” and “chamber of wonders”. The collections from overseas were exhibited in the museum on the ground floor, which also includes vegetable samples, ethnographic materials, as well as mineral and animal samples, thus documenting a still indistinct approach to natural sciences, geology and anthropology, and an instinctive inclination towards amazement and wonder.