Sunday 20 March, the Apprendisti Ciceroni® of the “Sansi – Leonardi – Volta” secondary school, will lead visitors and sightseers at the discovery of the Oratorio della Resurrezione and of the Sacello ai decorati al valore di Spoleto, Ex Caserma Minervio as scheduled in the Giornate FAI di Primavera (Italian National Trust Days).
Visits will start at 10.30 and finish at 18.00.
From 10.30 to 13.00 it will also be possible to visit the Museo della Farmacia, in the nearby Farmacia Amici.
Info:
ORATORIO DELLA RESURREZIONE
Address
Piazza Garibaldi
Description
The oratorio della Resurrezione is a wide, Roman-style hall in the complex of San Gregorio maggiore. The decorations, the great Resurrection on the vault and the 14 Tales of Resurrection date all to 1593 and are by painter Pierino Cesarei. Each episode has a learned caption, following the indications of the Council of Trent, that aimed at revitalizing and spreading christian contents.
Bishop Paolo Sanvitale directly commissioned the theme and the iconographic program to his collaborator Decio Gelosi, prior of the Collegiata di San Gregorio; the twos shared the love for art and antiquity.
Foreign languages:
Romanian, Albanian
SACELLO AI DECORATI AL VALORE DI SPOLETO, EX CASERMA MINERVIO
Address
Piazza Garibaldi
Description
The sacellum is little known, even among Spoletans, because placed in a restricted monumental complex in need of major restoration, the area of the Roman Amphitheatre. During the Middle Ages the complex served as monastery, and in the mid-XIXth century it was expropriated by the newly-born Kingdom of Italy, and served as barracks. After WWI, what was likely the apse of the church of SS. Stefano and Tommaso, was arranged to be turned into War Memorial. Names of fallen soldiers who received a badge of honour appear on its walls in fact, and the whole is decorated by wall paintings showing rural scenes, such as the representation of the seasons featuring their related agricultural activities. The sacellum was inaugurated on 4 November 1925, as testified to by a painted cartouche.
Foreign languages:
English
