Beyond Tirana · Beyond Tirana
Onufri Museum
Icons in Onufri red
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAbout Onufri Museum
The National Iconographic Museum Onufri occupies the Church of the Dormition of St Mary inside Berat castle. It is named after Onufri, the 16th-century archpriest and painter, trained in Venice, who founded a school of icon painting in Berat and brought a touch of the Italian Renaissance to the Orthodox tradition; his famous red, “Onufri red”, glows in the icons. The church also holds a gilded carved iconostasis. Check opening days, which change with the season, and allow an hour.
Why it's on our list
- Onufri’s icons
- Carved iconostasis
- Inside the castle
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Onufri Museum before you go.
What’s nearby
Distances from Onufri Museum are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 15 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Nearest taxi ranks
- Taxi rank, Rruga Mihal Komena650 m8 min walk