Pinacoteca comunale di Spello, Art museum in Spello, Italy.
The Pinacoteca Comunale di Spello is an art museum housed in a 16th-century palace that displays religious paintings, wooden sculptures, and artworks spanning the 13th to 18th centuries. The collection occupies the rooms of Palazzo dei Canonici and includes works representing different Italian artistic schools and periods.
The collection began in 1916 when Luigi Pomponi, prior of the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, gathered artworks from that church and related churches in the Chapel of the Savior. From 1920 the Municipality and the Congregazione di Carità entrusted their works to him. In the 1980s the Associazione Pinacoteca Civica chose Palazzo dei Canonici, built in 1542 for the Chapter, as the museum's seat, which opened on 6 August 1994.
The collection reflects how religious art was created and venerated in the Umbrian region over several centuries, with works showing the evolution of artistic styles devoted to spiritual subjects. Visitors can observe how painters and sculptors responded to local religious practices and tastes through their compositions.
The museum is centrally located in town and easily reached on foot, with wheelchair access available for visitors with mobility needs. It is helpful to check opening hours in advance since they can vary seasonally.
The silver processional cross from Santa Maria Maggiore, made by Paolo Vanni in 1398, was stolen in 1970 and recovered in 1978. It was created to rival the cross of the parish of San Lorenzo, a competition between the two parishes of Spello.
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