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.
Address: Museo Civico, Piazza del Duomo, I-53037 San Gimignano, Italy
Hours:
March 1 to October 1: 9:30am-7pm; Closed: Mon
November 1 to February 28: 10am-5:30pm; Closed: Mon

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