BURRI COLLECTION

Albizzini Palace. Noble Renaissance Palace, created in the Tuscan style (late 15th century) with a slender design and elegant proportions and since 1981 has been site of the Master, Alberto Burri's precious Collection that he donated to the town. Burri's collection is one of the richest and most organic collection's from one of the most important 20th century artist's. The realisation of this museum, unique in the world, is Burri's gift to his home town and birth place, displaying the wonderful works of his original and innovative artistic designs and it allows for the full reading of it as a unique itinerary. It is based on an anthology from 1948 to 1998 divided into twenty rooms relating to the subjects of painting, sculpture, graphic designs, many sketches for the bigger creations and cuttings and also for set designs and theatres.

The Ex Tobacco Dryers. The large buildings were built by the local Tobacco Company between the end of 1950 and middle of 1960 as tropical tobacco dryers. In 1978, Burri gained free use of one of them as a display gallery and by 1979 it was open to the public. It was the first of the wide painting cycles that characterised his production until 1993. In 1989 all the buildings were joined to the original one and the entire property restored and used as peculiar museum (7500 sm.) inaugurated in 1990. It houses 128 large dimension works.