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The Diocesan Museum of Ortona is located in the historic center of the city, in the province of Chieti. The Museum is also known as the Museum of the Cathedral of San Tommaso Apostolo, inaugurated in 1988. The Museum was created by the will of Monsignor Tommaso de Luca who has his private collection in the diocese. The collection includes numerous artistic works ranging from 1100 to 1800. The exhibition is divided into four rooms on the left side of the Cathedral, which were originally private chapels used for worship. The following are found: the Chapel of the Rosary, the Chapel of the Baptistery and the Chapel of Sant'Onofrio. Among the works present, the paintings by Tommaso Alessandrino and Giovan Battista Spinelli stand out. Of great value are the "Last Judgment" and the "Pietà di Chioggia" by Alessandrino. Interesting are the bas-reliefs and the effigies referring to the nobles of the City of Ortona. The Diocesan Museum preserves a substantial collection of numismatic works of over two hundred pieces. Ortona, it should be remembered, was operational as a civic mint during the Kingdom of Aragon. Today the coins of the different domains are preserved: from before the unification of Italy to today.

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Piazza S. Tommaso, 1
66026 Ortona

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