Museo della Pievania

The Museo della Pievania occupies the former church of San Cristoforo in Corciano. Sacred images, furnishings and documents preserve aspects of devotion across the town and its surrounding parish territory.

Why it matters

The collection brings together objects made for worship rather than a princely gallery. Paintings, textiles and records connect artistic production with the institutions and everyday religious life of the community.

What to notice

Late-medieval frescoes, panel paintings, processional banners and ex-votos represent different forms of sacred imagery. Reliquaries, altar furnishings and manuscripts broaden the account beyond painting. Works associated with the workshops of Fiorenzo di Lorenzo and Romano Alberti da Sansepolcro appear alongside a reliquary from the Roscetto workshop. Paintings by Giuseppe Laudati connect the collection with an artist from Corciano.

Context and history

Reconstruction of San Cristoforo began in 1537 above older masonry. Its later use as a museum provided a setting for religious works gathered from the territory. The collection bears Laudati's name, recalling his place in the artistic culture of Perugia around the turn of the eighteenth century.