National Museum of Medieval Art

National Museum of Medieval Art
Bifora with a relief of the aerial flight of Alexander the Great, from Saint Nicholas church in Kurjan.

National Museum of Medieval Art is a museum in Korçë, Albania. It was established on April 24, 1980. The museum has over 7,000 art and cultural items, mainly icons, 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 century and well-known ones including Onufri, Onufër Qiprioti, Teacher Kostandini, Jeromak Shpataraku, David Selenica, and the Zografi Brothers.[1]

References

  1. "National Museum of Medieval Art". Agjencia Kombetare e Turizmit. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
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Coordinates: 40°36′57″N 20°47′01″E / 40.6158°N 20.7837°E / 40.6158; 20.7837

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