Rocca Albornoz e Museo Nazionale del Ducato di Spoleto

The Rocca Albornoz was built by order of the Spanish cardinal Egidio Albornoz, starting in 1360: it was the seat of papal legates and popes. In 1499, for a short period, Lucrezia Borgia also lived there, as governor. Today, thanks to the progressive recovery of the rooms and the mural paintings that still adorn the walls, the complex has finally regained its primitive charm after having been used as a prison for a long time. Inside it is housed the National Museum, which collects the testimonies of the Spoleto area from the 4th to the 15th century. Inaugurated in 2007, it was born thanks to a project to collect works of art and materials, already largely preserved at the Civic Museum and Art Gallery.