It all started with...

A study and a book, first of all

The chapel of Theodolinda in the Duomo

Architecture, decoration, Milan, Electa, 1991.

Promoted by the Soroptimist Club of Monza, the volume collects the results of the research work of a group of scholars coordinated by Liana Castelfranchi Vegas as part of the activities of the Graduate School of Art History at the University of Milan.

In view of the opening of the restoration site of the painting surfaces, it was intended to explore as many tracks as possible, alongside already known themes other less frequented, such as critical fortune (F. Frisoni), the architectural structure claimed to Matteo da Campione (R. Cassanelli), the Viscount and Sforza enterprises (S. Zuffi), conservation problems and the history of restorations (R. Cassanelli, A. Lucchini), clothing (E. Fischer), providing also for the first time an in-depth iconographic analysis of the cycle (F. Lollini) with a careful review of written and epigraphic sources, including in the light of what emerged from the publication of the housing contract of 1445 (Shell 1989).

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GLI ALABARDIERI DEL DUOMO DI MONZA
300 anni al servizio della Corona Ferrea

A cura di Roberto Cassanelli
Ed. Fondazione Gaiani (gennaio 2018)

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A little gem to discover

The Cathedral of Monza, together with the chapel of Teodolinda and the Museum, is a small gem to discover (and rediscover) in the heart of Lombardy. Exhibition rich in late-antique and Lombard artifacts (if you studied art history, half of the illustrations of your book will see them live here), the small museum of the Cathedral is worth a visit, given the overall negligible cost to access it.
Different speech for the Chapel of Theodolinda, which requires mandatory reservation. If you want to do it directly on the spot, we recommend that you aim for the less frequented times, so as to find free places. In any case, it is a destination that I strongly recommend and that deserves, alone, the visit of Monza. It is a 360 degrees immersion in the great art of the fifteenth century and in the history of the duchy of Milan, of which Monza was one of the protagonists.

Giorgio Alfredo Spedicato

Absolutely recommended

I visited this museum during a weekend in early January. The museum is not very large, but it shows with skill various paintings and ancient artifacts of mainly religious theme. Absolutely recommended for lovers of the late Roman and early medieval period.

Fabio Mini

Truly unique treasures

The museum is well stocked with well-preserved medieval finds. Truly unique treasures. To see the crown, wonderful iron, you must book the visit with a guide as it is located inside the cathedral in the chapel of Theodolinda that I recommend visiting.

Mariantonia Ronchetti

Chapel of Theodolinda: wonderful

Chapel of Theodolinda: wonderful. Excellent guide and its directions. The museum is very well set up and preserves treasures worthy of note. With the purchase of the ticket you will receive “your passport” with all the artistic sites of the city of Monza.

Cristy Giuliani

Fourteen centuries of history art among unique masterpieces

Quando si visita il duomo di Monza bisognerebbe visitarne anche il museo e la cappella di Teodolinda.
Quattordici secoli d’arte di storia tra capolavori unici al mondo, dall’eredità Longobarda all’arte contemporanea, mentre nella cappella Teodolinda ci sono 45 splendide scene dipinte dagli zavattari e la Corona ferrea custodita dentro la cappella. La guida alla cappella viene fatta ogni mezz’ora ed è quasi obbligatoria la prenotazione.

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