Museo San Pietro
Museum in the Conservatorio di San Pietro in Colle di Val d’Elsa with sacred art from the diocese, civic collections and the collections of Romano Bilenchi and Walter Fusi.
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About the museum
The museum is housed in the Conservatorio di San Pietro, a women’s monastic building begun in 1604 by Pietro Usimbardi to a design by Giorgio Vasari the Younger. The complex brings together three institutions: the Museo civico e diocesano d’arte sacra, itself the result of the merger of the city’s civic and diocesan collections, the Romano Bilenchi Collection and the Walter Fusi Collection.
The route tells the story of Colle di Val d’Elsa and its diocese through the main artistic expressions, between religious devotion and the civic ambition typical of medieval communes, culminating in 1592 in Colle’s elevation to city status following the establishment of the episcopal see.
On the first floor the sacred art is displayed: paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries, a late 13th-century wooden crucifix, panels on gold grounds and the Tesoro di Galognano (Galognano Treasure), a silver Eucharistic set from the 6th century. Next come the rooms of the civic collections of the 19th and 20th centuries, with the painters from Colle, Antonio Salvetti and Walter Fusi, and the section dedicated to the writer Romano Bilenchi, with a selection of his library and works by painter friends such as Ottone Rosai, Moses Levy and Mino Maccari.
Highlights
- Tesoro di Galognano, a silver Eucharistic set of the 6th century
- Sacred art from the beginnings of faith in the Valdelsa to the foundation of the diocese of Colle
- Civic collections with the painters from Colle, Antonio Salvetti and Walter Fusi
- Collection of the writer Romano Bilenchi with works by Rosai, Levy and Maccari
- 17th-century monastic building designed by Giorgio Vasari the Younger
Permanent exhibitions
- Arte sacra e collezioni civiche – Sacred art from the Valdelsa from its origins to the foundation of the diocese, civic collections of the 19th and 20th centuries and the Tesoro di Galognano.
- Collezione Romano Bilenchi – Selection from the library of the writer from Colle, with works by Ottone Rosai, Moses Levy and Mino Maccari.
- Founded
- 2017
- Operated by
- Comune di Colle di Val d'Elsa
- Visitors per year
- approx. 2,196
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €6 |
|---|---|
| Reduced | €4 |
| Ticket for the three museums of Colle (San Pietro, Archeologico, Cristallo) – standard | €12Valid for 48 hours from issue. |
| Ticket for the three museums of Colle – reduced | €8Valid for 48 hours from issue. |
The municipality’s tourist website lists prices per individual museum; the beneficiaries of reductions are not specified.
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