The story that the exhibition proposes is an intimate and precious encounter with the artistic culture of Leonardo da Vinci and his pupils in the heart of the Renaissance. The conceptual, artistic and emotional pivot of this unprecedented narrative is the Virgin of the Rocks: Leonardo's enigmatic project for the central altarpiece of the large polyptych commissioned by the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception for the Church of San Francesco Grande. The extraordinary impact on Milanese artistic culture must have aroused the curiosity of the wealthy and cultured public of the time, to the point that the masterpiece enjoyed a very long and prolific iconographic success. The exhibition exhibits one of the versions closest to the hand of the Maestro di Vinci (the Cheramy version) and various other masterpieces by direct students, from which it is possible to detect the depth of the dialectical skills of these very talented disciples of Leonardo.
And 10 other works by the masters:
Martino Piazza da Lodi, Cesare da Sesto, Marco d'Oggiono, Giovan Pietro Rizzoli, known as 'Giampietrino', Bernardino Lanino
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND LANDSCAPE PARK OF THE VALLEY OF THE TEMPLES
From 1 August 2023 until 31 December 2023, visit to the Archaeological Park of the Valley of the Temples and the exhibition "The Virgin of the Rocks and Leonardo's workshop"
Integrated ticket €13
Timetables
weekdays: 08.30 - 19.00 (exit by 20.00)
public holidays and pre-holidays: 08.30 – 19.00 (exit by 20.00)
From 1 July to 17 September 2023, the Valle dei Templi Archaeological Park will remain open on weekdays from 8.30am to 10.00pm, with exit from the archaeological area at 11.00pm.
On pre-holidays and holidays the opening will be from 8.30 to 23.00, with exit from the archaeological area at 24.00.
How to get
On the bus
From Catania Airport: Sais Trasporti Spa
From Palermo Airport: Sal Trasporti
From Agrigento: city buses (lines 1, 2, 2/, 3/) departing from the bus station in Piazzale Rosselli and from the central railway station of Agrigento (Piazza Marconi) reach the Valley of the Temples.
By car
From Palermo (130km): take the SS121 and the Agrigento/SS189 exit. After Aragona, follow the signs for the center of Agrigento or if you want to go directly to the Valley of the Temples, follow the signs for Caltanissetta, Canicattì and take the 640 (Caltanissetta- Porto Empedocle) towards Porto Empedocle. At the Giunone roundabout, under the Giunone Temple, take the tree-lined avenue until you reach the Sant'Anna car park or near the Giunone Temple.
From the Trapani/Erice (175 km) /Selinunte (99km) area: take the state road 115. After passing Porto Empedocle, follow the signs for Valle dei Templi.
From the Taormina-Catania-Siracusa area: take the Catania-Palermo highway. After Enna, take the exit towards the 640 Caltanisetta/Agrigento, first following the signs for Caltanissetta and then Porto Empedocle until you reach the roundabout Giunone under the Tempio di Giunone. Follow the signs for Valle dei Templi to get to the parking lot.
From the Ragusa area: follow the state road 115 until you reach the Giunone roundabout.
On the train
from Palermo, from the central railway station of Palermo there are 13 trains a day from Monday to Friday, 10 on Saturday, 6 on Sunday. Journey time approximately 2 hours. Agrigento's central railway station is located in Piazza Marconi, in the city centre.
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