Museum San Pietro

Museum of San Pietro and Crypt of San Vittorino The Museo di San Pietro and the Cripta di San Vittorino are located in Assisi, in the Benedictine Abbey Complex of San Pietro, in the interior of the 14th century surrounding wall of the historical center. The homonymous city entrance gate is nearby. From the green terraced square it is possible to admire a suggestive panorama over the Umbrian Valley. The Church of San Pietro represents another example of Umbrian Romanesque Architecture. The Museum has been located in the locals of the ancient cellars of the Abbazia Benedettina di San Pietro since 2002. Founded in the 10th century in a suburban area, it has been included inside the urban walls since the 14th century. Of pertinence to the exhibition and included in the visit itinerary are also: the Cripta di San Vittorino, Bishop of Assisi in the 3rd century A.D.; the Sacello delle Reliquie, a chapel in which the relics of the saint are preserved; the sarcophagus; the remnants of the Porta Urbica, a city gate that is part of the ancient Roman urban wall; the Pozzo dei Martiri, a well where the companions of St Victorinus were martyred; and the 1200s underground passageway that departing from the Abbey leads to the Ospedale dei Poveri, the hospice built in 1250. Among the works of art preserved in the Museum there is The Enthroned Madonna with Child and the SS Victorinus and Peter—a 1400s triptych executed by Matteo da Gualdo—and a collection inspired by the theme of St Francis and the Representation of the Christmas Crèche in Contemporary Art, that includes, among others, works of Dalì, Sassu, Balla, Funi e Fazzini.