A visit to a museum can begin even without seeing the works of art. It can simply start with… a still-sealed crate. This is one of the unique features of the new temporary exhibition at the University of Pavia’s Museum of…
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Located in Pavia, inside the basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, is one of the pinnacles of Italian Gothic sculpture: theArk of St. Augustine. This imposing cenotaph (i.e., a funerary monument not intended to hold the remains of the…
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The Portal of the Duchesses of the Monumental Complex of the Certosa of Pavia is to be restored: the Regional Directorate National Museums Lombardy and Soroptimist International of Italy have announced the signing of a collaboration…
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As of January 1, 2026, the Cistercian monks of the Casamariensis Congregation will leave the Monumental Complex of the Charterhouse of Pavia, where they have lived permanently since 1968. As of that date, the management of the site, one of…
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The heart of one of Pavia's most beautiful buildings, Palazzo Olevano, a historic eighteenth-century mansion in the center of the city, is in danger of seeing its face heavily changed due to the construction of a new glass and concrete…
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In the Collector's Room of the Visconti Castle in Pavia, the exhibition Mnemosyne opened on October 2022 and will be open until April 25, 2023. The Theater of Memory, curated by Paolo Linetti. What would a seventeenth-century collector's…
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In Pavia, from October 8, 2020 to January 6, 2021, the Rivellino exhibition hall at Castello Visconteo is hosting the exhibition Identità s-velate. Hidden Portraits, a solo exhibition by German artist Volker Hermes (Wegberg, 1972)…
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