Museo di Montefalco

Museum Complex of St. Francis, Montefalco

"Museum complex of San Francesco, Montefalco" is equipped with the Ibeacon system, the new Teconology that the Umbria Region is experimenting to make users live for users who will visit the museum in Montefalco.

Walking inside the museum complex of San Francesco di Montefalco you can view exclusive and special contents that will appear every time you are near a detector.

The museum complex of San Francesco, Montefalco

The heart of the museum complex of Montefalco is the church of San Francesco, built between 1335 and 1338 by the Friars Minor. The church, with a rectangular plan is made up of a central nave that ends with a pentagonal apse, wonderfully frescoed by Benozzo Gozzoli with stories of life of San Francesco (1452), one of the most important Renaissance cycles entirely preserved.

Jacopo Vincioli, Giovanni di Corraduccio, Lethensidonio Spacca worked at the decoration of the lateral chapels, while the fresco in the counter -deal, Nativity with the Eternal in glory between two angels and the Annunciation, was made in 1503 by Pietro Vannucci called Perugino.

Around this pulsating center, precious art collections are placed along the way: the Pinacoteca, the crypt with archaeological finds and stone fragments, the ancient cellars of the Franciscan convent, and also the spaces dedicated to contemporary art exhibitions.