Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra di Pontremoli
Museum below the Palazzo Vescovile (Bishop's Palace) in Piazza del Duomo, dedicated to the Christianization of the Lunigiana and to the sacred art of the diocese of Pontremoli.
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About the museum
The diocesan museum is located below the Palazzo Vescovile, on one of the most important squares of Pontremoli, opposite the Duomo. It was inaugurated on 31 January 2009 at the wish of Bishop Eugenio Binini, with the aim of giving new life to the religious and artistic heritage of the churches of the Lunigiana.
Pontremoli was granted the title of noble city by the Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1778 and separated from the diocese of Luni and Sarzana, becoming an autonomous diocese. The building that once housed the town council then became the seat of the bishop.
The first part of the route is dedicated to the Middle Ages: panels tell of the Christianization of the Lunigiana, with a cast of the Leodegar gravestone, a cast of a statue-stele and a model of the pieve churches along the Via Francigena. At the centre is displayed a cast of a labyrinth, a symbol of the pilgrims' journey, whose original is in the church of San Pietro. The second part presents objects used by the diocese between the 18th and 20th centuries, such as crosses, cartegloria (processional glory frames) and vestments, and the Clothed Madonnas, statues covered in rich fabrics.
Highlights
- Cast of the Leodegar gravestone
- Cast of a Lunigiana statue-stele
- Cast of the pilgrims' labyrinth on the Via Francigena
- Clothed Madonnas of the 18th century
- Vestments and crosses of the diocese
Permanent exhibition
- Museo diocesano – percorso permanente – Medieval section on the Christianization of the Lunigiana and sacred art section with objects, vestments and statues of the diocese.
- Founded
- 2009
- Operated by
- Diocesi di Massa Carrara-Pontremoli
- Visitors per year
- approx. 1,836
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