page_title: Castello Ursino
section_title: Salone d'Armi
hierarchical_section_title: Castello Ursino / Museum layout / Ground Floor / Salone d'Armi
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Plinto Romano conservato al castello Ursino
context_page_description: Castello Ursino, also known as Castello Svevo di Catania, is a castle in Catania, Sicily, southern Italy. It was built in the 13th century as a royal castle of the Kingdom of Sicily, and is mostly known for its role in the Sicilian Vespers, when it became the seat of the Sicilian Parliament. The castle is in good condition today, and it is open to the public as a museum.
context_section_description: This houses the museum's ticket office as well as Jewish inscriptions and inscriptions from the medieval senate-house where the decision was taken to expel the city's Jewish population in 1492, including a copy of the Julia Fiorentina inscription from the Louvre. It also houses a medieval keystone, a 16th century cannon, parts of an ancient Roman mosaic showing the months, a 16th century inscription mentioning a castellan from Toledo and a statue of Ignazio Paternò Castello Principe di Biscari, by Antonio Calì, displayed with a copy of his book Viaggio per le Antichità della Sicilia. 
  The room is, however, named after its large collection of weapons.
caption: Roman plinth
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