National Gallery of Cosenza, Art museum in historic center of Cosenza, Italy.
The National Gallery of Cosenza occupies Palazzo Arnone, a sixteenth-century building located on Triglio Hill in the historic center. The palace holds paintings and graphic works spanning five centuries of Italian art history across its exhibition halls.
The palazzo was built in the sixteenth century and later served as a courthouse and prison before becoming a museum. The structure survived two major fires and suffered severe damage from the 1854 earthquake, leading to extensive reconstructions.
The collection grew through state acquisitions from the 1980s onward, joined in 1996 by 65 drawings and etchings by Umberto Boccioni from Lydia Winston Malbin's collection, and in 2009 by 38 works on loan from Banca Carime, now Intesa Sanpaolo. In December 2025 works confiscated from organised crime entered the permanent collection.
The gallery sits at 262 metres on Triglio Hill in the old centre, reached on foot through narrow lanes and steps. The building is managed by the Direzione Regionale Musei Nazionali Calabria. Visitors should wear sturdy shoes for the slopes and cobblestones of the historic streets.
The museum holds an especially extensive collection of graphic works by the Futurist artist Umberto Boccioni from the early 1900s. These works offer rare insight into his working methods and artistic development outside of his better-known paintings.
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