ART HISTORY TERRITORY MUSEUM
The
Museum of Art, History, Territory in Genga tells the extraordinary story of
this tiny historic town, perched amid the mountains around Frasassi gorge and
its karst caves. The town and the entire area bear witness to an extraordinary
natural and geological heritage, and an important historical and cultural
legacy.
Info Point
Address Largo Leone XXII, 1, Genga AN
Phone +39 0732 90090
The
museum is laid out in two separate sections. The prehistory section presents a
series of images and a copy of the Venus of Frasassi figurine. The history and
art section contains works and objects dating from the 15th to the 19th
centuries. Prominent among these are the wonderful panel paintings by the
15th-century artist Antonio da Fabriano, who was influenced by Piero della
Francesca and Flemish painting and whose works have spread beyond Fabriano and
Genga to museums around the world, including the Walters Art Gallery in
Baltimore. Also on display is the glorious neoclassical statue of the Virgin
Mary, loving mother and protector, originally placed in the church commissioned
by Pope Leo XII inside the Cave of the Blessed Virgin of Frasassi.
