Girona Trip Overview
The Girona Art Museum houses the most important art collection in Girona, with unique works of Catalan art.
The visit allows you to contemplate, in chronological order, pictorial and sculptural works from successive eras and styles (Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Realism, Modernism and Noucentisme).
The tour of the permanent exhibition opens with a fragment of an early Christian tombstone from Empúries, and among the most relevant pieces in the collection are the liturgical complex of Sant Pere de Rodes (9th century), the Martyrology of Usuardo (miniature book from the s. XV) and one of the most notable altarpieces from the XV-XVI centuries, as well as outstanding works from the Catalan Renaissance and Baroque. The visit concludes with a representation of 19th and 20th century painters linked to Girona, such as Urgell, Vayreda, Rusiñol, Berga and Bertrana.
The old episcopal palace is, after the Cathedral, one of the most monumental buildings in the city.
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Duration: 40 to 90 minutes
Starts: Girona, Spain
Trip Category: Sightseeing Tickets & Passes >> Attraction Tickets
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What to Expect When Visiting Girona, Catalonia, Spain
The Girona Art Museum houses the most important art collection in Girona, with unique works of Catalan art.
The visit allows you to contemplate, in chronological order, pictorial and sculptural works from successive eras and styles (Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Realism, Modernism and Noucentisme).
The tour of the permanent exhibition opens with a fragment of an early Christian tombstone from Empúries, and among the most relevant pieces in the collection are the liturgical complex of Sant Pere de Rodes (9th century), the Martyrology of Usuardo (miniature book from the s. XV) and one of the most notable altarpieces from the XV-XVI centuries, as well as outstanding works from the Catalan Renaissance and Baroque. The visit concludes with a representation of 19th and 20th century painters linked to Girona, such as Urgell, Vayreda, Rusiñol, Berga and Bertrana.
The old episcopal palace is, after the Cathedral, one of the most monumental buildings in the city.
Visit: Girona Art Museum, Pujada de la Catedral, 12, 17004 Girona Spain
The Girona Art Museum offers a comprehensive tour of Catalan art, mostly from the Girona region. A walk of nearly 1,000 years of art with exceptional works from the Romanesque to the present day and in a unique architectural environment steeped in history, the old Episcopal Palace of the city.
Located in one of the most notable buildings in the old town of Girona: the old Episcopal Palace, listed as a Historic-Artistic Site. Its collections of Romanesque and Gothic art stand out (with large altarpieces such as Púbol or Cruïlles) and also from the Renaissance (the altarpieces attributed to Joan de Burguña or Pere Mates stand out) as well as works of Catalan painting and sculpture of the centuries XIX and XX (with works by Miquel Blay, the Vayreda brothers, Santiago Rusiñol, Prudenci Bertrana, Mela Muter or Celso Lagar, among others).
