Trapani - Museo Regionale Pepoli

The Santuario dell'Annunziata in Trapani forms part of the Carmelite abbey which was secularized in 1866. It has a beautiful cloistered courtyard dating from 1650 and a wide stairwell from 1639. It now houses the Museu Regionale Pepoli, founded in 1908, and includes collections once owned by the Bourbon minister G. B. Fardella and Count Pepoli of Trapani, as well as items from the abbey.

Medieval architectural fragements and sculptures are exhibited on the ground floor, including a statue of San Giacomo by Antonello Gagini (1522). A wide staircase leads to the upper floor, with 24 rooms housing the Pinacotheca (gallery with works by Titian, Paolo Veronese, Ribera and Serpotta), the Handicrafts Department (with coral jewelry, etc.) and the Antiquarium (with finds from Lilybaion, Erice and Selinunt).