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The Pinacoteca Comunale is located in the historical center of Assisi, at a short walking distance from the Basilica of San Francesco. It is housed in Palazzo Vallemani, the 17th century residence that was initially the property of the Giacobetti noble family and later of the Vallemani.
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The palace has hosted the Municipal Library, some Cultural Institutions and the Accademia Properziana del Subasio.
The collection was started at the end of the 19th century with the aim of preserving the town’s artistic heritage, in many cases placed outside and exposed to the weather. The visitor can therefore observe an “unusual” aspect of Assisi, tied to its religious, political and civil evolution.
Rearranged in 2007 inside Palazzo Vallemani, a 17th century palace, the Art Gallery collects paintings from the 13th to the 16th centuries, the majority of them coming from public buildings, various aedicule, public gates—town entrances—brotherhood residences and hospices. Among the finest works there is the Majesty—attributed to Giotto—coming from the Palazzo del Capitano del Popolo; a Gonfalon, a processional banner of Niccolò di Liberatore, called Alunno; and The Virgin with Child, which was detached from the gate of Porta San Giacomo—attributed to a young Perugino. There are also paintings of Ottaviano Nelli, Andrea and Tiberio d’Assisi, paintings on canvases of Dono Doni, Giacomo Giorgetti and Cesare Sermei. A large space is dedicated to the Masters, followers of Giotto: one room is dedicated to the works of Puccio Capanna, among them there is the fine Madonna with Child and St Francis coming from the gate Porta San Rufino.
A room on the ground floor of the Gallery is dedicated to Multimedia instruments documenting the history of Assisi through its urban evolution.
The area dedicated to the Holocaust Remembrance and to the Hebrews has been moved to the Musei della Memoria, also in Assisi.
