Pinacoteca di Aliano

The Pinacoteca di Aliano is a civic art gallery dedicated to Carlo Levi, housed in a seventeenth-century palace known by the municipality as Palazzo Morteo. Its collection includes Levi's paintings, lithographs of Cristo si è fermato a Eboli, documents related to his confinement and photographs from his life.

Why it matters

Carlo Levi was a doctor, writer and painter who was confined in Lucania in 1935–36. The gallery connects his visual work with the period that shaped Cristo si è fermato a Eboli. The municipality records that Levi donated lithographs from the book to Aliano; FAI associates the gift with his final visit in November 1974.

What to notice

The collection brings together paintings, drawings, letters and documents related to Levi's time in Aliano, alongside a photographic account of his life. FAI's description records twenty-three canvases by Levi. The seventeenth-century palace provides the historic setting for the gallery.

Context and history

Levi spent the central period of his 1935–36 confinement in Aliano, represented in his novel under the name Gagliano, and chose burial in the town. The Pinacoteca forms part of the municipal cultural circuit associated with his life and work.