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Palazzo Ducale in Urbino: €12, closed most Mondays

Palazzo Ducale in Urbino: €12, closed most Mondays
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The Palazzo Ducale in Urbino houses the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, which costs €12 full and €2 for EU citizens aged 18 to 25 and opens Tuesday to Sunday from 8:30 am to 7:15 pm (2026).

€12, €2, or free under 18

A full ticket to the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche costs €12, EU citizens aged 18 to 25 pay €2, and EU citizens under 18 go free (2026). The prices are in euros.

The annual card costs €30 and entry is free on the first Sunday of every month. The 2026 prices and hours are confirmed by both the Ministry of Culture portal and the official ticket office.

Tuesday to Sunday, last ticket at 6:15 pm

The gallery opens Tuesday to Sunday from 8:30 am to 7:15 pm, and the ticket office closes at 6:15 pm, 60 minutes before the doors (18:15 and 19:15 on Italian signs).

It shuts on December 25 and January 1. The address is Piazza Rinascimento 13, Urbino.

Monday afternoons, until September 14

One official page adds a Monday opening from 3 pm to 7 pm, and marks it valid until September 14, 2026.

The confirmed 2026 timetable, backed by two sources, says closed on Monday. Read together, the likeliest picture is a summer Monday opening that ends in mid-September. After September 14, don't plan a Monday in Urbino around the palace.

The gallery's own site, gndm.it, is where to check the autumn Mondays.

Federico da Montefeltro's palace

The gallery fills the palace built for Federico da Montefeltro, with paintings and sculpture from the 14th to the 18th century, ceramics, drawings and furniture.

Five centuries of objects in one building take time. Put the ticket office's 6:15 pm cut-off in your head before lunch.

29.23 hectares: the listing is the whole town

Urbino's UNESCO listing, from 1998 under criteria ii and iv, covers a core zone of 29.23 hectares, the historic city inside its Renaissance walls, not the palace alone.

The buffer zone around it measures 3,608.5 hectares, more than a hundred times the core. The protection reaches well beyond the walls.

For the rest of the region, see UNESCO sites in the Marche, the Marche, the Holy House at Loreto and five days in Umbria and the Marche.

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FAQ

Is the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino open on Monday?

Normally no: the confirmed 2026 timetable is Tuesday to Sunday, 8:30 am to 7:15 pm, closed Monday. One official page adds a Monday afternoon opening, 3 pm to 7 pm, marked valid until September 14, 2026, so after that date expect Mondays closed.

How much does the Galleria Nazionale delle Marche cost?

€12 full and €2 for EU citizens aged 18 to 25, with EU citizens under 18 free (2026). The annual card costs €30, and entry is free on the first Sunday of every month.

What time is last entry at the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino?

6:15 pm, when the ticket office closes, an hour before the 7:15 pm closing (18:15 and 19:15 on Italian signs). The palace is shut on December 25 and January 1 (2026).

Is all of Urbino a UNESCO site, or just the palace?

The whole historic center is. Urbino was listed in 1998 under criteria ii and iv, with a core zone of 29.23 hectares inside the Renaissance walls and a buffer zone of 3,608.5 hectares. The Palazzo Ducale is part of it, not all of it.

Section and topics

AttractionsMarche

Sources (3)

  1. 112 · 2 · 30Musei Nazionali delle Marche - MiC; CoopCulture, biglietteria ufficiale · recheck by 2027-06-30
  2. 212 · 2 · 30Galleria Nazionale delle Marche; doc 2 · recheck by 2027-06-30
  3. 329.23 · 3,608.5Ministero della Cultura - Ufficio UNESCO · recheck by 2030-12-31