- Granada Cathedral
The interior of Granada Cathedral. Another very heavy church. - Granada Cathedral
The interior of the Renaissance cathedral. Built between 1523 and (officially) 1704. This place is big. - Granada Cathedral
The ceiling of the Cathedral. Very pure. - Granada Cathedral
- Monasterio de San Jerónimo
- Monasterio de San Jerónimo
And the very busy ceiling. - Monasterio de San Jerónimo
A very very busy renaissance church. - Monasterio de San Jerónimo
The main chapel of the monastery was built in 1504-1522. A very notable church, the elevated choir and the super busy decorations on the walls and ceiling. - Monasterio de San Jerónimo
A lot of different fonts on these graves. - A chameleon!
I love the Supercable logo! It just puts a smile on your face, doesn't it? :-) - Carmen de los Martires Gardens
Another lovely geometrical fountain. For some reason not perfectly symmetrical. - Carmen de los Mártires
No true palace without a couple of peacocks. - Strawberry Tree
A lovely garden very close to Alhambra. And free. And almost empty. - Carmen de los Mártires
These are some headless statues... - Carmen de los Mártires
Nazari patio in Carmen de los Mártires. Very small, very cosy, very quiet. Lovely. - Fuente de la ola
What a lovely wave fountain. - Magnolia Grandiflora
The majestic magnolias blossoming all over town. - Ferdinand VI
The inscription on the statue ends with "Rex Cat". While I'm sure this doesn't mean "King Cat", it surely looks like it :-) - Carmen de los Martires Gardens
Entrance to the Gardens of Carmen de los Martires. Fuente de la Ninfa de la Gruta. - DSC 8276
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- Luca Pacioli, Sansepolcro.
Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli. The Father of Accounting and Bookkeeping was born in Sansepolcro. - Palazzo Vescovile, Sansepolcro.
Life of St. Benedict, Palazzo Vescovile, Sansepolcro. Benedict appears to two sleeping monks and shows them how to build a benedictine monastery. - Sansepolcro Cathedral
- Sansepolcro Cathedral
- Ascension of Christ by Perugino
Ascension of Christ by Perugino from 1510. Detail. Sansepolcro cathedral. - Holy Face (12th century)
Holy Face (12th century), originally from Eastern Europe. Notice that Jesus is fully dressed. Sansepolcro cathedral. - Saint Mary in Sansepolcro Cathedral
- Polyptych by Niccolò di Segna
Resurrection Polyptych by Niccolò di Segna (c. 1348). Altar in Sansepolcro Cathedral. - Via della Firenzuola, Sansepolcro.
- Santi di Tito - Detail
Santi di Tito - Detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Santi di Tito - Detail
Santi di Tito - Detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Andrea della Robbia workshop - Nativity
Andrea della Robbia workshop - Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds from 1485. Detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Museo Civico
Sansepolcro. - Andrea della Robbia workshop - Nativity
Andrea della Robbia workshop - Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds from 1485. Glazed terracotta. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca
The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca. A detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca
The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca from the 1460s. Palazzo della Residenza. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Polyptych by Piero della Francesca
The Polyptych of the Misericordia by Piero della Francesca. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - San Ludovico by Piero della Francesca
San Ludovico by Piero della Francesca from 1460. The saint wears the Franciscan habit but also the mitre and the pluvial indicating his role as a bishop. Palazzo della Residenza - Museum Civico, Sansepolcro. - A reflection
Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Polyptych by Piero della Francesca
The Polyptych of the Misericordia by Piero della Francesca. In Museo Civico Sansepolcro. - Polyptych by Piero della Francesca
The Polyptych of the Misericordia by Piero della Francesca. This part is apparently by someone else, probably Giuliano Amadei. Sansepolcro Museo Civico. - Pilgrimage by Giovanni del Leone
Giovanni del Leone - Pellegrinaggio della Compagnia del Crocifisso a Loreto in occasione della peste del 1523. Pilgrimage of the Compagnia del Crocifisso in Loreto during the plague in 1523. Sansepolcro in the background. In Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Sandro Boticelli - Portrait of a Youth with a Medal by Blub
In Sancepolcro. - Andy Warhol Autoportrait by Blub
In Sansepolcro. - On the road
From Cesena towards Sansepolcro - Cesena cathedal, Saint John the Baptist
My OCD hates the tower windows. - A statue by Leonardo Lucchi
Via Cesare Beccaria, Cesena - Contrada Uberti, Cesena
- Contrada Uberti, Cesena
- Via Fantaguzzi, Cesena
- Guild Sign in Via Righi, Cesena
- Piaza del Popolo, Cesena
Piaza del Popolo and Fontana Masini (1581-1590) by Laureti, Masini and Montevecchio. - Etymologiae by Isidore of Seville
Originally from the 7th century. This is a copy from the 8th century in Carolingian minuscule script. In Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena. - Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) - Correction of the Almagest
Original is from the 12th century. Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena. - Neume initial
Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena. - Titus Lucretius Carus - De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things)
Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena. Unfortunately I don't know how old this copy is. - Bibllioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
It was built in the shape of a basilica - representing the temple of knowledge and culture. - Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
Renaissance Library, build in 1447-1452 with original furniture and books. It holds about 400 000 books and 3200 manuscripts. - Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
You could read the books but were not allowed to borrow them. - Biblioteca Malatestiana
The oldest European civic library, opened since 1454. Cesena. - A part of the map Italia di Matteo Greuter, Bologna, 1713.
Biblioteca Malatestina, Cesena. - Magnolia Grandiflora
In Cesena. - Blossoming Magnolia Grandiflora
In Cesena. - Palazzo Ghini, Cesena
Coat of Arms of Pope Pius VI with Boreas the North Wind blowing on a lily, symbolizing his Swedish (northern) origin and the bending without breaking of the pure Church.