San Gimignano - Municipal Art Gallery Museo Civico
Within the Palazzo del Pópolo is the Museo Civico (Municipal Art Gallery). Passing through a picturesque courtyard with a well of 1361, we come into the Sala Dante, so called after a visit to the town by the poet in 1300, when he sought to persuade the municipal councilors to join the Guelf League; the date 1299 given in an inscription in the room is incorrect.
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On the right-hand wall of the room is a "Maestà" (Madonna enthroned) by Lippo Memmi (1317). The collection also includes a painted Crucifix by Coppo di Marcovaldo (13th century), a "Madonna and Child" by Pinturicchio (1512), two tondi depicting the "Annunciation" by Filippino Lippi (1483) and numbers of notable works by Florentine and Sienese painters of the 13th-15th centuries.
Hours
March 1 to October 1
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | Closed | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 | 9:30 |
| Close | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 |
November 1 to February 28
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 | 17:30 |