The monastic complex of San Salvatore, also known as Santa Giulia and located in Brescia, today converted into a Museum. It is known for its architectural components that include fragments of Roman buildings and a significant number of buildings pre-Romanesque, Romanesque and Renaissance styles. In 2011, the year the complex was included in the UNESCO world Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO in the composition of the nomination "the Lombards in Italy. Places of power (568-774 th years BC)". In addition, this monastery is traditionally considered the place where it Happens, consort of Charles the Great and the daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius, was kept in exile after her marriage in 771, the year.

San Salvatore was founded in 753, the year by Desiderius, the future king of the Lombards, and his wife Anseu as a convent. The first abbadessa was the eldest daughter of Desiderius – Inselberg. After the Lombards were defeated by the army of Charlemagne, San Salvatore retained their privileges and even expanded ownership. In the 12th century most of the buildings of the complex has been rebuilt or restored in the Romanesque style, and was built the chapel of Santa Maria in the Solari. In the 15th century was another reconstruction, and at the same time the monastery was built dormitories the dormitory. Finally, in 1599, the year he built the Church of Santa Giulia.

After the invasion of the French territory of Lombardy in 1798, the year the monastery was abolished and its premises were turned into barracks. The whole complex was in a deplorable state until 1882, the year when it had housed a Museum of Christianity. However, extensive restoration work, during which San Salvatore has been carefully restored, were held in 1966, the year when it was created the Museum of Santa Giulia.

Today the monastery complex consists of several buildings. Actually the Basilica of San Salvatore, Dating to the 9th century, consists of a Central nave and two apses and stands on the site of the older Church, which in turn was built on the foundations of an ancient Roman building of the 1st century BC, the Bell tower, rebuilt in the 13th-14th centuries, with frescoes by Romanino, and the interior of the Basilica is decorated with frescoes by Paolo da Kalina Jr. and other masters of the Carolingian era. The above-mentioned oratory of Santa Maria in Solari, built in the 12th century, has a square shape with a small arched loggia. The second floor is decorated with scenes from the life of Christ.

Particularly noteworthy is the Museum which houses ancient artifacts, Dating back to the bronze age and the period of Ancient Rome. Among the exhibits is the famous bronze statue "Winged Victoria" plan, where you can see the look of Brescia during the reign of Emperor Vespasian, the crucifix, which, according to legend, belonged to king Desiderius, frescoes from the Broletto (ancient Town Hall of Brescia), the statue of St. Faustina and the cycle of frescoes by Moretto da Brescia. Also on site you can see some fragments of Roman buildings, which the nuns created greenhouses.