Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri

The Palazzo Albizzini “Collezione Burri” Foundation, established in 1978 by the will of the painter Alberto Burri, is located in the monumental building from which it took the name. The exhibition of the master's works, organized in the two exhibition sites of Palazzo Albizzini and the Ex Seccatoi del Tabacco, constitutes the most comprehensive collection on the Tifernate artist. The Collection at Palazzo Albizzini, an elegant Renaissance building from the second half of the 15th century, was opened to the public in 1981 and includes about one hundred and thirty works, dated from 1948 to 1989 and arranged chronologically in twenty rooms. In addition to the first Tars and Molds, you can admire a refined selection of Sacks, among the most significant of the intense activity of the 1950s. The rooms also host Wood and Iron, Plastics and Cretti, up to the great Cellotex. The Foundation also houses the library, the photo library and the archive which collects an exhaustive bibliography on the painter.

Palazzo Albizzini dates back to the second half of the 15th century and has a total area of 1660 square meters. divided into three floors and has an imprint that refers to the sober Renaissance architecture of Florentine ancestry. We have news of the Albizzini since the 14th century and its members have been prominent protagonists in the historical events of the city. On their altar inside the church of San Francesco was the "Marriage of the Virgin" by Raphael, today in Brera. The building, acquired by the Cassa di Risparmio di Città di Castello which promoted its restoration, begun in 1979 and completed in 1981, was then handed over to the Foundation on a ninety-nine-year free loan. In the restoration of the monument, already in conditions of advanced aesthetic and static degradation, the architects Alberto Zanmatti and Tiziano Sarteanesi adopted measures that allowed its spatial recovery, without the introduction of elements that could have