Complex San Pietro

  • Civic and Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art, Bilenchi Collection, Fusi Collection

Visit the museum’s different art collections, among paths of faith and civic ambition. The language of art becomes an interpreter of the history of Colle di Val d’Elsa through the ages.

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San Pietro Museum

Why visit it

The San Pietro Complex of Colle di Val d’Elsa, housed in the former female monastic building of the same name, which was constructed starting in 1604 by Pietro Usimbardi to a design by Giorgio Vasari the Younger, was created through the merging of three pre-existing institutions:

  • the Civic and Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art, the historic town institution;
  • the Romano Bilenchi Collection;
  • the Walter Fusi Collection

The exhibition route traces the history of the town and the diocese through the main artistic expressions, in a constant dialogue between religiosity and civic ambition typical of medieval municipalities, culminating in 1592 with the elevation of the Land of Colle to Town status, following the establishment of the Diocese.

What you will find

The exhibition is organised thematically.

On the first floor, the visit begins with works of sacred art that recount the path of faith in the Valdelsa area, from its origins to the birth of the Diocese of Colle. It then continues with rooms dedicated to the civic collections dating from the 19th and 20th centuries, housing the works of Colle-born painters Antonio Salvetti and Walter Fusi.

The route concludes with the section dedicated to the Romano Bilenchi Collection, writer and intellectual among the most important of the second half of the 20th century. Among the works on display is a selection from the library of the Colle-born writer, alongside works by many painters who frequented the Florentine cultural circles, including Ottone Rosai, Moses Levy and Mino Maccari.

Museum opening hours

  • OPEN: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm
  • CLOSED: Wednesday and Thursday

Single museum prices:

  • full price: €6
  • reduced price: €4

Combined ticket for 3 museums:

  • full price: €12 (valid for 48 hours from ticket issue)
  • reduced price: €8 (valid for 48 hours from ticket issue)