Museo Diocesano Mons. Corrado Leonardi
Diocesan museum in the former Bishop’s Palace of Urbania, with sacred art, silverware and a rich section of Casteldurante ceramics.
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About the museum
The museum is housed in the former Bishop’s Palace of Urbania, a building with roots in the Benedictine abbey of San Cristoforo del Ponte, which took on its present Renaissance form thanks to work by Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Gerolamo Genga and the stonemasons of Sant’Ippolito.
The rooms hold the diocese’s varied heritage: the lapidary, the great hall, the silverware room, the room of sacred vestments and the room of the Metaurensi Mannerists, with sketches and paintings by Federico Zuccari, Giovanni Giacomo Pandolfi and Claudio Ridolfi. On the upper floor are also the ecclesiastical library and the diocesan archives.
The last rooms are devoted to ceramics. Thanks to donations from the scholar Don Corrado Leonardi, after whom the museum is named, the route documents the production of Castel delle Ripe, Casteldurante and Urbania from the 13th to the 20th century, and ends with a room of ceramics from the last century, a testimony to an art that still produces high-quality objects in Urbania.
Highlights
- Room of the Metaurensi Mannerists with works by Federico Zuccari, Giovanni Giacomo Pandolfi and Claudio Ridolfi
- Ceramics from Castel delle Ripe, Casteldurante and Urbania from the 13th to the 20th century
- Silverware room and room of sacred vestments
- Lapidary, ecclesiastical library and diocesan archives in the former Bishop’s Palace
Permanent exhibition
- Sezione della ceramica durantina e urbaniese – Ceramics from Castel delle Ripe, Casteldurante and Urbania from the 13th to the 20th century, thanks to donations from Don Corrado Leonardi.
- Operated by
- Arcidiocesi di Urbino-Urbania-Sant'Angelo in Vado
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €3 |
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| Groups | €2 per personGroup rate |
The ticket also includes admission to the Cimitero delle Mummie di Urbania.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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