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The structure of the former Convent of San Francesco houses on the ground floor, in the premises of the former sacristy, the Art Gallery section of the City Museum and, on the first floor, the offices of the ECO Point. The art gallery was inaugurated in April 2011.
CONTACTS
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September: from Friday to Sunday, holidays and days before holidays: 11 am-7pm
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November and December: (excluding Christmas): Saturday, Sunday, holidays and days before holidays: 10-13 / 15-19
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Acquapendente Municipality Culture Office: Tel 0763 7309205
MUSEUM OF THE CITY PINACOTECA
HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION
The City Museum constitutes a real integrated city museum system with its three exhibition venues all located along the road axis that coincides with the urban crossing of the Via Francigena, still today the backbone of the urban layout of the historic center. At the extreme north of the town, near the Porta della Ripa that leads to Siena, is the Pinacoteca, a second branch inside the former convent of the Friars Minor Conventuali, where the numerous paintings belonging to the picture gallery are exhibited. Franciscan convent.
THE ART GALLERY
The Pinacoteca del Convento di San Francesco houses the paintings of the historical and artistic heritage of one of the oldest monastic settlements in Aquesiani which is occupied by the Franciscans, together with the adjoining church, since 1255. The picture gallery consists of over forty works, of which twenty-two have been restored and exhibited, it covers a period of about four centuries, from the end of the fifteenth to the mid-nineteenth century and represents one of the most conspicuous artistic complexes in the Viterbo area. In fact, the collection boasts the presence of paintings on wood such as San Bernardino da Siena by Sano di Pietro (1406-1481) and The Virgin in adoration of the Child by the Master of Marradi (active between the last quarter of the 15th century and the XVI), as well as numerous canvases by Francesco Nasini (1621-1695). The collection also includes all the furnishings and various types of ecclesiastical furnishings pertaining to the church of San Francesco in which we can distinguish chalices in embossed silver dating back to the nineteenth century and precious reliquaries in embossed silver and in carved, painted and gilded wood ranging from from the 17th to the 18th century.
ESSENTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
AA.VV. Acquapendente e il suo territorio. Regione Lazio, Assessorato alla Cultura, Spettacolo, Sport e Turismo. Direzione regionale cultura, sport e turismo, area valorizzazione del territorio e del patrimonio culturale. Avellino 2004;
Agostini, Le chiese di Acquapendente, Acquapendente 1987;
Biondi P., Le origini del comune di Acquapendente e la Madonna del Fiore, Acquapendente 1966;
Costantini N., Memorie storiche di Acquapendente, Acquapendente 1982;
Lise G., Acquapendente. Storia. Arte. Figure. Tradizioni, Acquapendente 1971;
Chiovelli R. Restauro del chiostro del convento di San Francesco, in Acquapendente Notizie, gennaio/febbraio 2011.
