DIOCESAN MUSEUM

The treasures cover the thousand-year-long history of the Diocese of Agrigento.

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The Cathedral Museum: a synthesis of the artistic and liturgical items of the Church of Agrigento.

THE TREASURES OF THE CATHEDRAL

The Diocesan Museum, originally the cathedral museum, holds a wealth of history, culture, art, and faith: frescoes, paintings, sculptures, silverware, ivory, liturgical vestments and unique pieces that reveal the long history of the Diocese of Agrigento.

The priceless classical-era sarcophagi housed in the cathedral, along with precious antiquities, have fascinated and attracted travelers on the Grand Tour who have visited the church, including it as a destination on their itinerary along with the monumental Greek temples. The Diocesan Museum, established in 1877 by Bishop Domenico Turano, is now located in the halls of the Bishop’s Palace and the cathedral. Agrigento’s solemn Bishop’s Palace displays a collection of works of great artistic value, revealing the creative capacity of local, itinerant and foreign artists, artisans, and craftsmen, testifying a relationship and cultural transfer between Eastern and Western civilizations.

The museum covers the thousand-year-long history of the Diocese of Agrigento from the 10th to the 19th century. It reconstructs the history of St. Gerlando’s Cathedral, from its foundation to the restoration work carried out in the early 20th century, which sought to bring its medieval origins to light.

Reliquary chasse of Saints Epiphanius and Urban

Ascension, 14th-15th century fresco

Ivory, wood and metal crucifix, 19th century

Painting gallery, Room I

Mystic Lamb, 12th century

San Gerlando’s crozier, 1607

Our Lady of Bonamorone, 14th century

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