Museo d'arte sacra di San Francesco
Civic museum of sacred art in the former Franciscan convent of Cassine, with a 14th-century chapter house, sacristy, picture gallery and wooden reliquaries.
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About the museum
The museum, dedicated to Paola Benzo Dapino, is set up in the former convent complex of the church of San Francesco, which belonged to the Conventual Friars Minor. It is owned by the Comune di Cassine, which supported the project together with other public bodies and banking foundations, and with the contribution of the Dapino family. The idea arose from a proposal of the Associazione Culturale degli Amici di Cassine after the 1979 exhibition “S. Francesco di Cassine: sopravvivenze di un monumento gotico”; the museum was inaugurated in 2011.
The project brought the surviving furnishings of the convent together in a single body and made it possible to reconstruct the chapter house, previously divided into two rooms, with its frescoes, and to recover the sacristy and another adjoining room. A new entrance structure recalls the function of the ancient cloister, now lost, and gives access in parallel to the chapter house and the sacristy.
The route includes the 14th-century chapter house, where the friars' chapter met; the late-medieval sacristy with coffered ceiling, altered in 1713 with large cupboards for relics; the picture gallery; and the church of San Francesco, the most important building of the complex. Among the collections, the series of twenty-eight wooden reliquaries attributed to Sebastiano Ippoliti or his workshop, and the reliquary of the triregnum, stand out.
Highlights
- 14th-century chapter house with frescoes
- Late-medieval sacristy with coffered ceiling and cupboards of 1713
- Series of twenty-eight wooden reliquaries by Sebastiano Ippoliti (or his workshop)
- Reliquary of the triregnum (tiara of Saint Pius V)
- Gothic church of San Francesco
Permanent exhibition
- Percorso del Museo d'arte sacra – Chapter house, sacristy, picture gallery and the church of San Francesco, with wooden reliquaries, paintings and furnishings of the former convent.
- Founded
- 2011
- Operated by
- Comune di Cassine
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €4 |
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| Reduced | €3 |
| Groups (10+ people) | €2 per personPrice per person for groups or school classes of more than 10 people. |
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The museum is listed as accessible to people with motor disabilities.
Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
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Amenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided tours are booked online via the dedicated platform; the cost is calculated and communicated before confirmation. |
