- Pomposa Abbey
Ah, the apocalypse. One of the seven-headed beasts. But the real beast here is you, Alesso Bersano. - Palazzo Vecchio del Podestà
A lantern in the entrance hall of the old town hall. It was super hot and sunny, so vaulted entrances like this are a fine invention. Rebuilt in 1239 and enlarged in 1337. - A part of the map Italia di Matteo Greuter, Bologna, 1713.
Biblioteca Malatestina, Cesena. - Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) - Correction of the Almagest
Original is from the 12th century. Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena. - 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. - Guild Sign in Via Righi, Cesena
- Via Fantaguzzi, Cesena
- Andrea della Robbia workshop - Nativity
Andrea della Robbia workshop - Nativity and Adoration of the Shepherds from 1485. Glazed terracotta. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Santi di Tito - Detail
Santi di Tito - Detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro. - Via della Firenzuola, Sansepolcro.
- Polyptych by Niccolò di Segna
Resurrection Polyptych by Niccolò di Segna (c. 1348). Altar in Sansepolcro Cathedral. - Holy Face (12th century)
Holy Face (12th century), originally from Eastern Europe. Notice that Jesus is fully dressed. Sansepolcro cathedral. - Corsica quarter, Orvieto
Orvieto is still divided into four districts, this one obviously being Corsica. - Spoleto Cathedral, Interior
- Coronation of the Virgin
Coronation of the Virgin by Filippo Lippi (1467-69). Spoleto Cathedral - Ponte delle torri, Spoleto
- Trevi
Shot through the bus window, that's the reason for the strange hue. - 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. - Roman Theatre, Gubbio
Roman Theatre (1st century BC), Gubbio - Gubbio just at sunrise
- Madonna with Child
Madonna with Child (1476) by Alvise Vivarini. Saints Francis, Peter, Paul and John the Baptist. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. - Santo Stefano alle Trane
This church dates from the second half of the XII century. Completely destroyed in 1442 and once again 1747, last renovation was done in the 1970s. - Church of San Giacomo e San Quirico
Some Guarnerius Sculpsit in 1679. - Church of Padreterno in Rio nell'Elba
What a lovely street! - Rio nell'Elba
- Rio nell'Elba
I still don't understand how TWO apartments can fit into such a small house. - Capoliveri
Via Circonvallazione. I don't know what this building was, but it looks old. - Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
Frescoes (1477) - Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta
Old Testament by Bartolo di Fredi (~1360). - Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta
New Testament by Barna da Siena and/or Lippo Memmi (~1345). - Siena Cathedral
Detail of Pinturicchio's Mount of Wisdom (1505): Crates of Thebes who is throwing jewels into the sea. - Siena Cathedral
The divine interior of the Cathedral. - Siena Cathedral
Floors in the Piccolomini Library. - Palazzo Vecchio
Officially, such decorations are called grotesque. - Palazzo Vecchio
Grotesque or not, I like them a lot. - Ponte Vecchio
THE brige across Arno. Built/destroyed several times. This one is from 1345 and still holds. Butchers used to have their shops here, but were replaced with goldsmiths because of the smell. - Hermitage of San Cerbone
Saint Cerbone moved here in the 6th century, this church is from the 15th century. There is a lovely pique-nique area behind the church.