Museo Diocesano di Lanciano

About the museum

The Museo Diocesano di Lanciano was opened to the public in 2002 to bring together, in rooms covering around 1,000 square metres, more than five hundred works from the vast artistic heritage of the Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona, bearing witness to the artistic and religious history of the Frentani church. It is housed in the Bishop’s Palace.

The route is divided into nine rooms. The visit begins with the wooden model of the cathedral façade, made in 1955 by the cabinetmaker Giuseppe Pasetto. The second room is dedicated to the Madonna del Ponte, patron saint of the town, with ex votos, sacred goldsmith work, the model by Giacinto Diano (1788) for the lost fresco decoration of the dome, and the treasure of the Madonna, a collection of jewels from the 17th to the 20th century with two silk dresses from the 18th and 19th centuries. Further rooms are devoted to the veneration of the Virgin and the saints, to the figure of Christ and the Redemption, to the dressed statues known as conocchie, to reliquaries and, at the end, to a set of vestments from the mid-18th century.

A free app with an audio guide for Android and iPhone is available for the visit.

Highlights

• Treasure of the Madonna del Ponte with jewels from the 17th to the 20th century
• Madonna and Child signed by Jacopo da Lanciano (15th century)
• Giacinto Diano’s model for the cathedral dome
• Wooden Annunciation group
• Reliquaries and dressed statues (conocchie)
• Wooden model of the cathedral façade

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione permanente d'arte sacra – Nine rooms with over five hundred works: treasure of the Madonna del Ponte, paintings, wooden sculptures, reliquaries and vestments of the Archdiocese.

Founded

2002

Operated by

Arcidiocesi di Lanciano-Ortona

Visitors per year

approx. 2,000

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum is accessible to persons with reduced mobility thanks to the lift. For blind visitors there are tactile routes, tactile reproductions of some works and guided visits; in the rooms there are monitors with video descriptions in Italian Sign Language (LIS).

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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