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MUSEUMS
The Museo Civico di Sansepolcro holds some of the
masterpieces by Piero della Francesca, such as the marvellous fresco
"Resurrezione", the "San Ludovico di Tolosa"
and the "San Giuliano". The Polyptych della Misericordia
is exposed in a special room.
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from the works by Piero della Francesca you find works by many other
famous artists: Santi di Tito, Giovanni Battista Mercati, Matteo di
Giovanni, Andrea della Robbia, Luca Signorelli, il Pontormo. The museum
also features a big gallery with works by the most known artists who
were born or lived in Sansepolcro between 1920 and 1990. In the same
building you find the museum dedicated to the treasures from the Cathedral,
which hosts vestments and precious artworks. The building also features
the archaeological findings from the surroundings of Sansepolcro.
At Anghiari you ought to visit the Museo di Palazzo Taglieschi
which houses a vast collection of paintings , sculptures and tools
among which we can mention the wooden Madonna by Jacopo della Quercia
from the 15th century. The rounds in Robbiana style are also marvellous
and are attributed to Benedetto di Santi Buglioni and the polychrome
in terracotta representing the Nativity with the Saints attributed
to Andrea della Robbia. In Anghiari, in the desecrated chapel Corpus
Domini, you find the Museo della Misericordia. Here you find
items from the activity of the Compagnia del Corpus Domini in the
14th century, such as beds for the ill people, scalpels and a precious
archive with files which have been useful to document the work of
the confraternity. The Palazzo del Marzocco hosts the Centro di documentazione
della Battaglia di Anghiari. There are plastic figures, tin-soldiers
and digital animation which offer the visitor the chance to get to
know more about the battle which represent an important event in the
local history. Here you can also admire the sketches made by Leonardo
da Vinci for the famous painting of the battle, commissioned by the
Gonfaloniere of Florence. The museum holds the reproductions of the
codes by Leonardo known as the "Manoscritto K" and "Codice
Atlantico".
At Monterchi, the Museo della Madonna del Parto preserves
one of the most important frescoes by Pierodella Francesca, painted
in the chapel of the graveyard. The Museum also disposes of open areas
where literary and musical events are held during the summer. Monterchi
also features the unique Museo delle Bilance, where you can
see hundreds of Italian and foreign scales from the 15th and 20th
century. The collection was carried out by Velio Ortolani from 1960.
The Antiquarium Nazionale di Sestino is located in the centre
of the village and features archaeological findings from the village.
Here you find epigraphs of emperors and inhabitants of Sestino of
Etruscan origins, cippus regarding the judges, emperors, divinities
and memorial stones. The bas-relieves in stone are marvellous and
represent gladiators and a "damnatio ad bestia". Very interesting
is the collection of statues and ceramics.
The "Museo Michelangiolesco" was officially
founded in 1964 in Caprese Michelangelo to commemorate the death of
the artist 400 years before. Located in the home of Michelangelo (from
the 14th century), in the Palazzo Clusini (from the 14th century),
in the rooms of the Rocca and in the outside among the remains of
the ancient castle, the museum preserves a big heritage of artworks.
The ancient reproductions of the works by Michelangelo and the representation
of the life of Michelangelo in 23 scenes, made by the most important
Florentine painters from 1613 and 1620, are very interesting.
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