Rocca Albornoz - Museo nazionale del Ducato di Spoleto
Spoleto
The museum is located inside the Rocca, in the upper part of the historic center of Spoleto. The
museum was born to document the history of the Duchy, born thanks to
the Longobards, a Germanic population that broke the political unity of
the Italian peninsula in the 6th century AD. The Rocca was built at the
wish of the Spanish Cardinal Egidio Albornoz from 1360. Pontificates and popes. Today, with the progressive recuperation of environments and wall
paintings that still adorn the walls, the complex has finally regained
its primitive charm after being used for a long time as a prison.The
museum offers an interesting document of knowledge of the Spoleto area
from the 4th to the 15th century and at the same time illustrates,
through panels, the beauty of the frescoed environments in which the
works are exhibited. Opened
in 2007, the museum was born thanks to a collection of works of art and
materials, already largely preserved at the premises of the civic
museum and pinacoteca, useful to document the origins, development and
multiple historical and Cultural heritage of the Longobard Ducato of Spoleto. It
is divided into two spaces around the courtyard of Honor, one on the
ground floor and the other on the first floor, divided into fifteen
rooms. All
in all, the collection of works covers a period of time dating back to
the 4th century AD with testimonies of the first Christian communities
until the fifteenth century. Considered
as an instrument suitable for the knowledge of the city and the area,
the museum intends to perceive the visitor the complexity of the
historical events that affected him and at the same time his cultural
livelihood even after the fall of the Duchy. The
route dates back to the 4th century, showing the first Christian
communities with materials from funerary areas and adjacent cult
buildings, emphasizing the phenomenon of monasticism. It
continues with works from the 6th to the 9th centuries, witnesses to
the artistic landscape evolution, and concludes with sculptures and
paintings from the 12th to the 15th century which well document the
extraordinary artistic blossoming of the city and the territory such as
the Triptych of Santa Maria delle Thanks to Niccolò di Liberatore. The route completes the route illustrative charts that take into account the historical function of each crossed environment.
Address
piazza Campello, 1
06049 Spoleto
Timetables
dal giovedì alla domenica 10.00-19.00
Information
polomusealeumbria.beniculturali.it/?page_id=3609
drm-umb.muducatospoleto@beniculturali.it
Ph: +39 0743 223055
Closure: lunedì, martedì e mercoledì
Full: 7,50 €
Reduced: 2,00 €