The museum is located in the premises of the Archconfraternity, adjacent to the modern church of Saints Giorgio and Caterina, built in the post-war period at the foot of Monte Urpinu.
The main theme is represented by materials and furnishings from the church of the same name on via Manno, in the historic center of the city, destroyed during the Allied bombings on May 13, 1943.
The museum displays paintings, statues, silverware, and vestments from the liturgical furnishings of the old church, as well as documents from the Archive of the Archconfraternity.
The exhibition is arranged in several rooms between the ground floor and the first floor, without following a precise chronological or stylistic order.
There are paintings, among which stands out “Christ and Mary offer the rosary to Dominican saints,” from 1620-30. The pieces of sacred silverware are very numerous.
The textile section is very rich and refined, dating between the seventeenth century and the first half of the twentieth century.
Upstairs are kept texts, acts, and archival documents of the association, from the late sixteenth century (the papal bull erecting the association as an archconfraternity dates to 1591) to the present day.
Information about the Museum of the Archconfraternity of the Genoese
Via F. Gemelli, 2
09129 Cagliari (Cagliari)
0704 97855
arciconf@tiscalinet.it
https://web.tiscali.it/arcicogenovesica/
Source: MIBACT
