Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2011, along with the Church of Santa Sofia in the serial site “I Longobardi in Italia. I luoghi del potere”, it bears witness to the medieval world in all its aspects.
Rebuilt in the twelfth century by the abbot John IV, as the capital with dedicatory inscription suggests, the cloister offers a vast repertoire of realistic and fantastic images, where monstrous figures and crusaders, rural works and Christological symbols, are elements endowed with a strong symbolic connotation.
As demonstrated by the different depictions on the pulvini that surmount the 47 columns of marble, alabaster and granite, it was farmed by several workers.
Particularly interesting is the ophitic column (knotted column), an architectural element of Romanesque art, and the pulvini depicting the “cycle of months”.
PHOTOGALLERY
TICKETS
SINGLE – valid for two days, it allows access to the Museum, the Cloister of the Church of Santa Sofia, Palazzo Casiello, the Egyptian Section and to the Museo dell’Arco di Traiano.
- FULL € 6,00
- REDUCED € 4,00 – all residents in Benevento and its province; groups of at least 20 people; over 65 years; Italian and foreign students of every order and degree in possession of a valid document; International Student Card holders; Italian Touring Club members; CTS members; members of the “Associazione Amici del Museo”.
- FREE – disabled; educators and teachers accompanying schoolchildren; journalists; tourist guides; servicemen; local administrators, guests and employees of the Province; members of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and members of museums belonging to local entities in possession of a regular card of recognition
MUSEUM AND CLOISTER ONLY ADMISSION
- FULL TICKET € 2,00
- REDUCED € 1,00 – all residents in Benevento and its province; groups of at least 20 people; over 65 years; Italian and foreign students of every order and degree in possession of a valid document; International Student Card holders; Italian Touring Club members; CTS members; members of the “Associazione Amici del Museo”.
- FREE – disabled; educators and teachers accompanying schoolchildren; journalists; tourist guides; servicemen; local administrators, guests and employees of the Province; members of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and members of museums belonging to local entities in possession of a regular card of recognition.
HOW TO REACH THE MUSEUM
- Telephone: CUP (booking centre) 0039 345 7542984
- Opening hour: continuous hours 9:00-19:00 from Tuesday to Sunday – closed on Mondays
- Email: musei_bn@sannioeuropa.com
- Address: Piazza S. Sofia