Museum Church-museum of the Fraternita di Santa Maria
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Museum info
About the museum
The museum is situated in the S. Maria della Fraternita or Sant’Eufemia church (this name was taken on when relics of the saint were transported from Rome in 1652). The church is situated in the oldest nucleus of the town near the ancient town gate called Porta delle Chiane.
The first documented notice dates 1402, the year in which the Fraternity was officially recognised by the Apostolic Seat. The golden period was promoted by the Trento Council, which gave new energy to this form of lay aggregation consequently favouring the great re-decoration which concerned the majority of places of worship belonging to assistential companies in the 16th century, among them the church in Foiano. Many commissions throughout the 16th- 18th centuries brought the building to its present shape: the furnishings and works of art chosen by the Fraternity make up the main nucleus of the museum collection.
Plan your visit
- Via Santissima Trinità, Foiano della Chiana, Arezzo, Tuscany, 52045, Italy
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- Today:
- 09:00 - 17:00
- Mon
- 10:00 - 13:00
- Tue
- Closed
- Wed
- Closed
- Thu
- Closed
- Fri
- 16:30 - 19:30
- Sat
- 10:00 - 13:00
- Sun
- Closed
- http://valdichianamusei.it/index.php/it/i-musei/foiano
Exhibits
Exhibits featured with audio
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1 - High Altar and apse vault
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2 - Madonna with Child (around 1460)
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3 - Bartoli coat of arms by Giovanni della Robbia (around 1590)
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4 - The “tavola dei podestà” (1598)
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5 - Chancel and Assumption of St. Euphemia (1745)
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6 - Stories of the St. Euphemia and Lucy
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7 - Coffered ceiling
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8 - Ceiling canvasses
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9 - Organ and chancel (1636-46)
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10 - Holy water stoup (1592)
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11 - Carved benches (2nd half of 17th century)
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12 - St. John the Baptist and St. Sebastian from the workshop of Luca Signorelli
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13 - Paintings by Orazio Porta (1540-1612)
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14 - Works on easel
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15 - Archeology
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