The Onufri Museum of Icons is set in the 18th-century St. Mary’s Church, which lies within the part of the Kala that is still inhabited.
In a city famed for its Byzantine heritage, the Iconography Museum will offer some background on one of the artists who worked on the churches in the 1500s.
Onufri is considered to be Albania’s most important orthodox iconographic painters, and he broke the mould in the way he imbued his subjects with humanity. An interesting titbit – Onufri developed a pink dye for his works, but he kept the recipe secret and took it with him to his grave.
