Palacio de los Cordova
We had dinner in the palace's gardens :-) With the view of Alhambra at sunset.

Window shopping in Granada
This are some superbly executed fruits, veggies, plants, flowers, birds ...

Window shopping in Granada
Take a look at these merengues! Below are some normal-sized cakes. They must be around 20 cm tall!

Gubbio at night

Roman Theatre, Gubbio
Roman Theatre (1st century BC), Gubbio

Gubbio

San Giovanni Battista and Palazzo dei Consoli

Via Repubblica, Gubbio

View from Piazza Grande in Gubbio

View from Piazza Grande in Gubbio: Saint John's

View from Piazza Grande in Gubbio: Saint Peter's

Piazza Grande in Gubbio
Fence in the main square.

Piazza Grande in Gubbio
Fence in the main square.

View from Piazza Grande
View from Piazza Grande: St John's (13th century), Ospedale della Misericordia (1326) and Saint Francis (1259-1292). Gubbio.

Palazzo dei Consoli
Palazzo dei Consoli (1332-42), Gubbio

Via Baldassini, Gubbio

Palazzo dei Consoli, Gubbio
Palazzo dei Consoli (1332-42), Gubbio

Iridescent clouds

View from Giardini Carducci, Perugia

Christ in the Coffin
Christ in the Coffin, Upper panel of Decemviri Altarpiece (1495) by Perugino. This paining is painted over earlier Madonna della Misericordia by Sante di Apollonio. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Floor tiles in the gallery
Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Adoration of the Magi
Adoration of the Magi (1470) by Perugino. The young man on the extreme left with the rad cap is probably a self-portrait. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Triptych of Justice
Triptych of Justice (1475) by Bartolomeo Caporali and Sante di Apollonio del Celandro. A member of the confraternity. But why is he having a black circle on the back?!? Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Angel Gabriel
Angel Gabriel, Annunciation with St Luke (1450-1453) by Benedetto Bonfigli. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Panels from a triptych
Panels from a triptych (1460s) by Giovanni Francesco da Rimini. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

St Antony of Padua Polyptych
St Antony of Padua Polyptych (ca. 1468) by Piero della Francesca. Madonna and the Child. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

St Antony of Padua Polyptych
St Antony of Padua Polyptych (ca. 1468) by Piero della Francesca. Annunciation (top). Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Guidalotti Polyptych
Guidalotti Polyptych (1447) by Fra Angelico. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Guidalotti Polyptych
Guidalotti Polyptych (1447) by Fra Angelico. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

St Antony of Padua Polyptych
St Antony of Padua Polyptych (ca. 1468) by Piero della Francesca. Madonna and the Child, Saint Antony of Padua and John the Baptist (left) and Saint Francis and Elizabeth of Hungary (right). Annunciation (top). Saint Clara and Agatha bottom left and right. Saint Antony, Saint Francis and Saint Elisabeth (predella). Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Madonna dell’ Orchestra
Madonna dell’ Orchestra (1450) by Giocanni Boccati. A goldfinch is pecking the finger of Jesus. It is a symbol of the Passion because it feeds among thorns. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Madonna della Pergolata
Madonna della Pergolata (1446-47) by Giovanni Boccati. Madonna and Child with the Doctors of the Church (Saints Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine and Gregory) and choir angels under a flowery pergola. In the foreground Saint Dominic and Saint Francis commend four of the brothers. But - why do they have HOLES in the habit?!? Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Predella panel St Peter Martyr
Predella panel St Peter Martyr, Madonna della Pergolata (1446-47) by Giovanni Boccati. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

John the Baptist
John the Baptist from Polyptich (1455) by Mariano di Antonio. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Triptych
Triptych (1365) by Bartolo di Fredi, detail. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Crucifix
Crucifix (1305-1320) Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Two-sided Crucifix
Two-sided Crucifix (1272), Maestro di San Francesco. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Triptych of Perugia
Triptych of Perugia (1275), Maestro del Trittico Marzolini, detail Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Triptych of Perugia
Triptych of Perugia (1275), Maestro del Trittico Marzolini, detail. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Triptych of Perugia
Triptych of Perugia (1275), Maestro del Trittico Marzolini. Madonna and the Child; life of Christ on the left; Passion on the right. Commissioned by the Templars. Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Deposed Christ (1236)
Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Perugia.

Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia
Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Palazzo dei Priori (1293-1443), Perugia.

Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia
Portale delle Arti (1346), Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia. The doorway of the palace represents vices: killing a child and a dog biting its owner.

Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia
Portale delle Arti (1346), Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia. The doorway of the palace represents vices and virtues.

Fontana Maggiore
Fontana Maggiore (1275-1278), Perugia. The fountain decorated by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano. Palazzo dei Priori (1293-1443) in the background.

Fontana Maggiore
Fontana Maggiore (1275-1278), Perugia. September.

Fontana Maggiore
Fontana Maggiore (1275-1278), Perugia. A man with thorn in the month of March.

Fontana Maggiore
Fontana Maggiore (1275-1278), Perugia. Harvest in the month of June.

Fontana Maggiore
Fontana Maggiore (1275-1278), Perugia. Romulus and Remus and their wolf-mother.

Etruscan well in Perugia
Solid construction, over 2200 years old.

Etruscan well in Perugia
Strange reflections on the water. I don't quite understand them but they look great.

Etruscan well in Perugia
37 m deep and built in the second half of the 3rd century,

Via Acquedotto and Via Appia, Perugia

Via Acquedotto and Via Appia, Perugia

Via Appia and Via Acquedotto in Perugia

Etruscan Arch in Perugia

Santuario della Porziuncola in Assisi
Around the shrine the whole giant church was built to protect it. Notice the frescoes inside the church inside the church. This was one of the churches that Saint Francis restored and the Franciscan movement started.

Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli, Assisi

Assisi

Basilica di San Francesco
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi (1228-1367)

Basilica di San Francesco
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi (1228-1367)

View of the di Santa Maria di Angeli, Assisi

Basilica di San Francesco
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi (1228-1367). No photos allowed inside, so just a lot of photos from outside :-)

Basilica di San Francesco
Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi (1228-1367)

Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi (1228-1367)

Loggia dei Maestri Comacini
Loggia dei Maestri Comacini, Via San Francesco (13th century) in Assisi. Used to be the seat of Lombard rulers.

Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi
Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi. The frescoes are inspired by Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome. Painted probably by Raffaello Coda da Rimini. Yes, Nero.

Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi
The frescoes are inspired by Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome. Painted probably by Raffaello Coda da Rimini. Inspired by Nero probably explains it.

Volta pinta
Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi. The frescoes are inspired by Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome. Painted probably by Raffaello Coda da Rimini. Honestly, I don't know how to feel about this image...

Volta pinta
Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi. The frescoes are inspired by Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome. Painted probably by Raffaello Coda da Rimini.

Volta pinta
Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi. The frescoes are inspired by Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome. Painted probably by Raffaello Coda da Rimini.

Volta pinta
Volta pinta (1556) - Loggia under Palazzo del Comune in Assisi. The frescoes are inspired by Nero's Domus Aurea in Rome. Painted probably by Raffaello Coda da Rimini.

Temple of Minerva -> Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Assisi

Assisi

Assisi Cathedral, San Rufino

Assisi Cathedral, San Rufino

Assisi Cathedral, San Rufino
Another hungry lion.

Tympanum, Assisi Cathedral, San Rufino

Tympanum, Assisi Cathedral, San Rufino

Assisi Cathedral, San Rufino
A hungry lion.

Cistern of Saint Rufino, Ist century BC.
Assisi Cathedral, San Rufino

Pax et Bonum.
Assisi Cathedral, San Rufino.

Assisi Cathedral, San Rufino (1029-1253)
Rose window with symbols of the evangelists.

Assisi Cathedral, San Rufino (1029-1253)

Piazza San Rufino, Assisi

Via San Rufino, Assisi

Assisi houses

Via Santa Chiara, Assisi

Via Santa Chiara, Assisi
Four different types of lions.

Original clothes of Saint Clara (1194-1253) and Saint Francis (1181/82-1226)
Original clothes of Saint Clara (1194-1253) and Saint Francis (1181/82-1226). Basilica di Santa Clara, Assisi.

Basilica di Santa Clara
Basilica di Santa Clara (1257-1265), Assisi

Basilica di Santa Clara
Basilica di Santa Clara (1257-1265), Assisi

Basilica di Santa Clara
Basilica di Santa Clara (1257-1265), Assisi

Via Bordo Aretino, Assisi

Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi