The National Museum of Medieval Art ( sq, Muzeu Kombëtar i Artit Mesjetar) is a

national museum A national museum is a museum maintained and funded by a national government. In many countries it denotes a museum run by the central government, while other museums are run by regional or local governments. In other countries a much greater numb ...

dedicated to

medieval art The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at certain periods in Western Asia and Northern Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, gen ...

and

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Korçë Korçë (; sq-definite, Korça) is the eighth most populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Korçë County and Korçë Municipality. The total population is 75,994 (2011 census), in a total area of . It stands on a plateau some ...

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

. The museum is located on Fan Noli Boulevard in the south-east of the city of Korçë. It was established on April 24, 1980, and the building was reconstructed on October 4, 2016, with the cooperation of the

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and the

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fund. The museum has over 7,000 art and cultural items, mainly

icon An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Catholic churches. They are not simply artworks; "an icon is a sacred image used in religious devotion". The most ...

s, stone, wooden, metal and textile works, representing various moments in Albania's iconography development. In the principal hall there are many works from anonymous artists of the 13th-14th centuries and well-known ones including

Onufri Onufri Argitis or Onoufrios of Neokastro or Onoufrios Argytes ( el, Ονούφριος) was a 16th century painter of Orthodox icons and Archpriest of Elbasan, active in the 16th century in modern-day southern Albania and in the south-western re ...

, Onufër Qiprioti, Teacher Kostandini, Jeromak Shpataraku,

David Selenica David Selenica (; 17th century18th century), also commonly known as Selenicasi, was an Albanians, Albanian Orthodox icon and fresco painter of the Post-Byzantine art, Post-Byzantine period in the seventeenth century. He is regarded as one of the ...

, and the Zografi Brothers. Due to the

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lockdown in Albania, the Ministry of Culture offers 3D tours of the museum.

Gallery

File:Circumcision of Christ (1760-1780, Korce).jpg File:Korçë NMMA - Ikonostase 2 Hodegetria.jpg File:Korçë NMMA - Ikonostase 3 Pantokrator.jpg File:Korçë NMMA - St.Georg.jpg File:Resurrection of Lazarus.jpg, "The Resurrection of Lazarus." Byzantine icon painted by Onufri (Onouphrios). 16th century. File:Saint Jovan Vladimir (Ardenica).jpg, Icon of Saint Jovan Vladimir painted by

Kostandin Shpataraku Kostandin Shpataraku (; 17361767), also commonly known as Shpataraku, was an Albanian Orthodox icon and fresco painter of the Post-Byzantine period in the eighteenth century. He continued to combine Byzantine tradition with influences from the R ...

, from the Ardenica Monastery in Albania. The saint is depicted as sitting on a throne in the central rectangle, surrounded by scenes of his life and miracles, according to his Greek hagiography.

References

External links

Official website3D VirtualTour
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