The Pomposa Abbey was founded around the 7th century along the Romea road, between Venice and Ravenna. It reached its peak economic, cultural, and spiritual expansion in the 11th century, to which belong the church atrium, featuring simple architecture decorated with brick bands and circular railings, and the bell tower (1063). The Abbey then experienced an inexorable decline, until the monks abandoned it in the 17th century, but the 14th century shows high-quality evidence: the church frescoes, begun in 1351 by Vitale da Bologna, those of the Chapter Hall (by 1310), and those in the Refectory, attributed to Pietro da Rimini (circa 1320). The history of the Abbey is summarized in the Museum, a very interesting collection of artifacts and works of art from the 6th to the 19th century.
Information about Pomposa Abbey and Pomposian Museum
Via Pomposa Centro, 12
44021 Codigoro (Ferrara)
0532 234100
sbapfe.operativo@beniculturali.it
https://www.emiliaromagna.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/260/i-luoghi-della-cultura-in-emilia-romagna/20751/abbazia-di-pomposa-e-museo-pomposiano
Church: Monday to Sunday 8:30 AM – 7:30 PM. Abbey and museum: Tuesday to Sunday 8:30 AM – 7:30 PM
€ 5.00; on holidays € 3.00 and free admission to the church
Source: MIBACT
