Take a stirring journey through this prestigious museum in Umbria, thanks to the quality of the materials that make up the collection and the monumental appearance of the complex. Important testimony of Renaissance painting of the XV-XVI centuries, it is composed of: Church of San Francesco, Civic Art Gallery, Archaeological section, Sagrantino Museum and exhibition spaces for temporary exhibitions.
Surprise yourself in the Church of San Francesco, the heart of the museum complex, with the extraordinary cycle of frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli with the stories of the San Francesco life and the Nativity by Pietro Vannucci know as Perugino.
Wander through in the Art Gallery with the movable works that became part of the municipal heritage are preserved following the suppression of the religious corporations of the area. Among the most significant painters, Antonio Aquili known as Antoniazzo Romano with the altarpiece of Santa Illuminata from 1480.
Peek at the archaeological section of the museum collects finds dating back to the period in which the town of Montefalco was included between the jurisdictions of Spoletium, Mevania, Tuder and Trebiae (now Spoleto, Bevagna, Todi and Trevi). Most of the materials were found in recovery and reuse contexts within medieval buildings, the period in which the city was founded (11th-12th century).
Then, it’s time to discover the Sagrantino Museum where the exhibition itinerary highlights the development of the territorial identity in the Montefalco area, with particular reference to the process of development of Sagrantino wine, underlining the importance of the process of recovering the identity of the territory implemented through a journey through the past , present and future.