Cortona Museums: Diocesan Museum del Capitolo

The Diocesan Museum is located in front of the Cathedral, inside the architectural complex named “Del Gesù”. The museum is composed of 9 salons and hosts masterpieces dating from the II century a.C. to today modern art mainly coming from the local churches and here protected for security reasons. Here you can find important paintings by Luca Signorelli, Pietro Lorenzetti and Beato Angelico.

The most important painting is the annunciation “L' Annunciazione” by Beato Angelico; also a must see are the paintings by Luca Signorelli, born in Cortona around the year 1455 who died in 1523, one of the most important Italian renaissance painters.