The National Gallery of Umbria is one of the richest collections in Italy with works of international interest. The artistic evidence it preserves ranges from paintings on wood, canvas and wall to wood and stone sculptures, goldsmithery and textiles, examples of the artistic production developed between the thirteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The collections of the Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria have been housed since 1878 on the upper floors of Palazzo dei Priori in Perugia, one of the greatest examples of Gothic civil architecture. The new exhibition space, inaugurated in December 2006, occupies an area of 4000 square meters on two levels.
The prestige of the collection is testified by the presence of some masterpieces of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance with works by Arnolfo di Cambio, Duccio di Boninsegna, Gentile da Fabriano, Beato Angelico, Benozzo Gozzoli, Piero della Francesca and Francesco di Giorgio Martini.
