Fondazione Marini Clarelli Santi

Marini Clarelli Foundation

The Marini Clarelli Foundation is an house museum set in Perugia town center. The prestigious palace, built in 1540 and completed in 1768, belonged to degli Oddi family, one of the noblest dynasty of Perugia. Perfectly conserved, the building still preserves the original home interiors.
A XVI century frescos decoration showing the family history adorns the main hall at the ground floor, while at the noble floor one can admire a second representative hall and three rooms, the so called 'Ladies Apartment', where one can appreciate the interior design evolution during centuries. 
A rich painting collection includes demonstrative pieces of different artistic currents, from the first part of XVII to the late XIX centuries, in addition to various family portraits. 
Furnishings, objects, clothes and accessories from the XVIII to the late XIX centuries disclose perfectly habits and commons of an aristocratic family in the past.
The romantic and familiar atmosphere one can breathe is a rare example of a patrician Italian house: the time seems have stopped in the degli Oddi Palace.