Onufri Iconographic Museum
The Onufri Iconographic Museum is an Albanian national museum dedicated to Byzantine art and iconography in Berat, Albania. The museum is located inside the Church of the Dormition of St Mary in the castle quarter Berat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours:
Tuesday—Saturday: 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
Sunday: 9:00 AM—2:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Berat, Albania
- Also known as: “Muzeu Kombëtar Ikonografik Onufri”, “National Iconographic Museum Onufri”, and “Onufri Museum”
- Address: Rruga Lagje Kala, Berat
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Berat Castle and Dormition Cathedral.
Berat Castle
Photo: Terfili, Public domain.
Berat Castle, also referred to as the Citadel of Berat and castle quarter, is a fortress overlooking the town of Berat, Albania. It dates mainly from the 13th century and contains many Byzantine-era Albanian Orthodox churches in the area and Ottoman-era mosques. Berat Castle is situated 100 metres south of Onufri Iconographic Museum.
Dormition Cathedral
Church
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Dormition Cathedral is an Albanian Orthodox church in Berat Castle in Berat, Albania, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos. It has been a Cultural Monument of Albania since 1948. Since 1986, the Onufri Museum of Icons is located in the church.
White mosque
Mosque
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dushnik and Orizaj.
Dushnik
Village
Dushnik is a village in the former municipality of Otllak in Berat County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Berat. Dushnik is situated 3 km north of Onufri Iconographic Museum.
Orizaj
Village
Orizaj is a village in the former municipality of Otllak in Berat County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Berat. Orizaj is situated 3½ km north of Onufri Iconographic Museum.
Ullinjas
Village
Ullinjas is a village in the former municipality of Otllak in Berat County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Berat. It was formerly known as Virjon, or Virion from where the Vrioni family derived its name. Ullinjas is situated 4½ km northeast of Onufri Iconographic Museum.
Onufri Iconographic Museum
- Categories: art museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Berat, Berat County, Southeastern Albania, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
40.70896° or 40° 42′ 32″ northLongitude
19.94525° or 19° 56′ 43″ eastElevation
208 metres (682 feet)Open location code
8FGXPW5W+H3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2427372803OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Spanish—“Onufri Iconographic Museum” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Muzeu Ikonografik Onufri”
- Armenian: “Սրբապատկերների ազգային թանգարան՝ Օնուֆրի”
- Chinese: “奥努夫里博物馆”
- Egyptian Arabic: “متحف Onufri Iconographic”
- French: “Musée iconographique Onufri”
- German: “Ikonographie-Museum”
- German: “Onufri Ikonographie-Museum”
- German: “Onufri-Museum”
- Hausa: “Gidan Tarihi na Onufri”
- Hungarian: “Onufri Nemzeti Ikonográfiai Múzeum”
- Italian: “Museo iconografico Onufri”
- Italian: “Museo Iconografico Onufri”
- Macedonian: “Народен иконографски музеј „Онуфриј“”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Onufri-Museum”
- Polish: “Muzeu Ikonografik Onufri”
- Polish: “Muzeum Ikon Onufrego”
- Polish: “Muzeum Ikon Onufriego”
- Polish: “Muzeum Ikonopisarstwa Onufri”
- Russian: “Национальный музей икон Онуфрия”
- Spanish: “Museo iconográfico Onufri”
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