Description of the attraction
The Pinacoteca of the Province of Bari is a museum dedicated to Italian fine art, one of the largest provincial museums in the country. It was created in July 1928 in the city of Bari, and was originally located in the local Palazzo del Governo (Government Palace). In 1936, the Pinakothek's collections were moved to Palazzo della Provincia, located on the picturesque city embankment, where the priceless artistic heritage of Puglia is kept today. The Pinacoteca of the province of Bari is named after the outstanding 18th century Italian painter Corrado Giaquinto.
Today, in the halls of the museum, you can see paintings painted in the Middle Ages, Venetian painting of the 15th and 16th centuries, donated to the Pinacoteca by numerous churches of Puglia, works of local, Apulian, artists of the late Middle Ages, as well as masterpieces of the Neapolitan school of painting of the early Middle Ages. A separate section of the Pinakothek is dedicated, in fact, to the legacy of Corrado Giaquinto. Equally important are the collections of 19th century Neapolitan and southern Italian paintings, medieval Apulian majolica and the collection of works by the famous Tuscan group of artists "Macchiaioli" of the mid-19th century. Also noteworthy are the old Neapolitan nativity scenes - paintings depicting the Nativity of Christ and a manger, and an extensive collection of antique embroidery. Finally, the collection of paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as works of modern art, are of constant interest of visitors.
