La Uguccione Ranieri di Sorbello Foundation is located in Palazzo Sorbello, in Piazza Piccinino, in the heart of the historic center of Perugia, just steps from Palazzo dei Priori and the Cathedral of San Lorenzo, between the Etruscan well and the Church of San Severo. The Bourbon di Sorbello Palace, where the House Museum is housed, dates back to the 16th century and belonged over time to various families (including the Montemelini and Degli Oddi) until in 1780 Giuseppe I Bourbon di Sorbello settled there with his family.
The visit offers a glimpse into the intellectual life and artistic taste of the aristocracy of the 18th and 19th centuries in Umbria.
The collection includes landscape paintings, family portraits, and masterworks, among them the Portrait of Vittorio Alfieri by François-Xavier Fabre. The rich library displays rare editions such as the Encyclopedie Française by Diderot and D’Alembert (1770) and the original edition of Alfieri’s Tragedies. A 19th-century Ginori service and some figurines from the German manufactories of Meissen and Dresden stand out within the porcelain collection. Fine textiles from the Pischiello Embroidery School, founded by Romeyne Robert Ranieri in 1904, can also be admired.
Information about Casa-Museo di Palazzo Sorbello
Piazza Piccinino, 9
Perugia (Perugia)
075 5732775
promoter@fondazioneranieri.org
Source: MIBACT
