Museo dell'Abbazia della Santissima Trinità

About the museum

The Benedictine Abbey of the Santissima Trinità, known as the Badia di Cava, was founded in 1011 by Saint Alferio and for centuries was a religious and cultural centre that attracted leading artists. The museum occupies the rooms of the Palatium, the 13th-century guesthouse of the monastery.

The first room houses Roman sarcophagi, amphorae and fragments of medieval sculpture. In the 13th-century room are displayed Sienese paintings from the 14th and 15th centuries, a Madonna and Child in polychrome wood and 16th-century panels; in a renovated room are canvases from the 17th and 18th centuries.

The display cases contain objects in metal, porcelain, ivory and ceramic, including a Byzantine-style ivory casket from the 12th century and 18th-century Abruzzese plates. The collection is completed by Neapolitan majolica, liturgical vestments, a 14th-century nautical chart and choir books.

Highlights

• Palatium of the abbey, 13th century
• Sienese paintings of the 14th and 15th centuries
• Byzantine-style ivory casket of the 12th century
• 14th-century nautical chart
• Choir books and liturgical vestments

Permanent exhibition

• Museo dell'Abbazia – Roman finds, Sienese paintings, canvases from the 17th and 18th centuries, ivories, ceramics, vestments and choir books in the rooms of the Palatium.

Operated by

Abbazia benedettina della Santissima Trinità di Cava

Visitors per year

approx. 14,000

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