Musée de la Chapelle de la Visitation, Religious art museum in Monaco City, Monaco
The Musée de la Chapelle de la Visitation is a 17th-century baroque church in Monaco-Ville, designed by Marc-Antoine Grigho and originally part of a Visitandine convent. Since the late 1990s it has served as an art museum; the Barbara Piasecka Johnson paintings were auctioned in 2014, and the chapel now also hosts baroque concerts.
Charlotte de Gramont, wife of Prince Louis I, commissioned the chapel between 1665 and 1675 as a convent for the Visitandine order. The building reflects the construction and artistic traditions of the Mediterranean region from that era.
The chapel belonged to a convent of the Salesian Sisters, founded by Catherine-Charlotte de Gramont, wife of Prince Louis I of Monaco, who commissioned the church around 1675. Today the former chapel is used in part for baroque concerts, so the building serves as a concert venue as well as a museum space.
The chapel stands in the Monaco-Ville ward, uphill from the port and near the Prince's Palace. The building is small, so the whole interior can be seen in a short stop. It is still used for baroque concerts, so check locally whether a performance closes it to casual visits.
The chapel was designed by Marc-Antoine Grigho and built around 1675 on the orders of Catherine-Charlotte de Gramont, wife of Prince Louis I of Monaco; it originally belonged to a convent of the Salesian nuns. Since the Barbara Piasecka Johnson paintings were auctioned in 2014, the building has also been used for baroque concerts.
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