Mandas, Museum of Sacred Art Peregrinatio Fidei

At the southern entrance to the town of Mandas, in a dominant position on the hills below, the Convent of the Minor Observant Franciscan Friars was built in the early 16th century, an austere and imposing architectural compendium, built around the church of San Francesco, now deconsecrated and used as a library.
In subsequent phases the village was enriched with new buildings of worship until the end of the 18th century, when the friars had to abandon it following the suppression of the religious orders.
Among these new buildings of worship, on today's Piazza Carlo Alberto, in a position adjacent to the church of San Giacomo (today's parish church), the church of San Cristoforo was built in the 17th century, initially dedicated to the Virgin of the Rosary.
Originally the church of San Cristoforo hosted the brotherhoods of the Rosario and the Virgin of Itria (subsequently extinct), and today it is also deconsecrated. After the conclusion of a recent conservative restoration, the church was transformed into a museum and, in an atmosphere made even more evocative by the elegant museum layout, it currently houses valuable collections of sacred and cult objects, created between the 16th and 18th centuries by great masters, painters, sculptors, goldsmiths.

Why it is important to visit it
The museum exhibition attracts numerous visitors every year. It includes a vast and precious collection of objects belonging to sacred art: from the stupendous polychrome statues to the precious silver, such as those of the famous Genoese silversmith Montaldo, who also worked on behalf of the Cathedrals of Cagliari and Iglesias.

Tag

Structure category: museum, gallery and/or collection

Content type: Arts

Usability: Open

Province: South Sardinia

Common: Mandas

Macro Territorial Area: South Sardinia

POSTAL CODE: 09040

Address: via San Giacomo, s.n.c.

Telephone: +39 338 4592082

E-mail: info@museimandas.com

Website: www.artesacramandas.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/museimandas

Instagram: www.instagram.com/museimandas

January - December

Tuesday - Friday

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Saturday - Sunday

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Saturday - Sunday

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Special openings: On holidays, or in case of events, the museum opens at the same times valid for Saturday and Sunday.

Information on tickets and access: For more information on schedules and tickets, we recommend that you visit the manager's dedicated web page. Outside the indicated times it is possible to use the structure upon reservation.

Access mode: For a fee

Tickets :

Integer : 4 €, from 17 years old and over, Sacred Art Museum .

Reduced : 2 €, minors from 7 to 16 years old, disabled people, groups of more than 20 people, residents of the Municipality of Mandas, culture and tourism professionals, others (consult the website), Sacred Art Museum .

Cumulative integer : 5 €, from 17 years old and over, Visit two museums in Mandas .

Reduced cumulative : 3 €, minors from 7 to 16 years old, disabled people, groups of more than 20 people, residents of the Municipality of Mandas, culture and tourism professionals, others (consult the website), Visit two museums in Mandas .

Cumulative integer : 9 €, from 17 years old and over, Visit three museums in Mandas .

Reduced cumulative : 5 €, minors from 7 to 16 years old, disabled people, groups of more than 20 people, residents of the Municipality of Mandas, culture and tourism professionals, others (consult the website), Visit three museums in Mandas .

Freeware : 0 €, minors from 0 to 6 years old, all routes .

Services information: The usability of museums for people with reduced mobility includes: Archaeological Museum - currently not active elevator, stairs to reach the first floor set up. Ethnographic Museum - some steps along the route are managed with a mobile ramp. Sacred Art Museum - broken down architectural barriers.

Other services: The museum also offers the “Mandas Pedestrian Route”, a guided route that follows the following stages: Old Railway Station, Church of Saint Anthony, Church of Saint James, Conventual Compendium of Saint Francis the cost of this service, for the same categories of museum users and of: €10.00 adults/ €5.00 categories subject to reduction/ free for children from 0 to 6 years old (see attachment: plan).

Update

24/3/2025 - 08:48

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