Clothes Chest
The 16th century box shows the baptism of Christ surrounded by sphinxes and people on scrolls. The corners show Indians crowned with fruits, in reference to the recent discovery of the Americas.

Château de Chenonceau
Lions on a 16th century Flemish tapestry. Their faces seem somewhat off.

Château de Chenonceau
Royal pharmacy

Palazzo del Popolo
The palace was built in 1280-1316.

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.

Basilica Cateriniana San Domenico
Capella di Santa Caterina. In the centre, there is Saint Catherine's head. Yes, her head.

Abbazia di Sant'Antimo
There was a wedding planned so we weren't allowed to enter the church.

Il Castello di Perchia
Super lovely renovated castle/hotel.

Mafra furniture
What a lovely detail in one of the plate cabinets.

Hesapci Sk., Antalya

Doggo!
Another old barn transformed into a new house. Is that a dog-shaped opening?

Old houses in Mareson

Cow with glasses
Bäckerstraße 12, probably 16th century. A cow. With glasses. Playing Backgammon. With a dog.

Conglomerate
Quarz conglomerate, Hertfordshire puddingstone, St Albans, England

Basalt
Different forms of basalt

Traces of a permian reptile
Traces of a reptilian Orabates, Permian, from Bromacker, Germany. Approximately 270 million years old.

A shoe
A shoe, Hallstatt, Upper Austria; older Iron Age, 800-300 BC.

Swords
Swords; late Bronze Age, 1200-800 BC; Bosnia, Poland, Upper Austria.

Old jewellery
Some bracelets and fibulae. Sorry, forgot what it is.

Mammoth hut
A shelter made of mammoth bones and skin. Looks surprisingly comfy.

Biblioteca Malatestiana
The oldest European civic library, opened since 1454. Cesena.

Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
You could read the books but were not allowed to borrow them.

Bibllioteca Malatestiana, Cesena
It was built in the shape of a basilica - representing the temple of knowledge and culture.

Piaza del Popolo, Cesena
Piaza del Popolo and Fontana Masini (1581-1590) by Laureti, Masini and Montevecchio.

Guild Sign in Via Righi, Cesena

Contrada Uberti, Cesena

Cesena cathedal, Saint John the Baptist
My OCD hates the tower windows.

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.

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.

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.

Museo Civico
Sansepolcro.

Santi di Tito - Detail
Santi di Tito - Detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro.

Santi di Tito - Detail
Santi di Tito - Detail. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro.

Polyptych by Niccolò di Segna
Resurrection Polyptych by Niccolò di Segna (c. 1348). Altar in Sansepolcro Cathedral.

Saint Mary in Sansepolcro Cathedral

Holy Face (12th century)
Holy Face (12th century), originally from Eastern Europe. Notice that Jesus is fully dressed. Sansepolcro cathedral.

Almost Todi
And a bridge across Tevere/Tiber.

Detail on the facade
Orvieto cathedral.

The apse of Orvieto cathedral
The apse in Orvieto cathedral dates from 1370. Frescoes by the local artist Ugolino di Prete Ilario are dedicated to the life of Mary.

Life of Mary by Ugolino di Prete Ilario
Life of Mary by Ugolino di Prete Ilario (1370), detail. Orvieto cathedral.

Chapel of the Corporal
Chapel of the Corporal (1350-1356) by Ugolino di Prete Ilario. Orvieto cathedral.

The apse by Ugolino di Prete Ilario
The apse by Ugolino di Prete Ilario (1370). Orvieto cathedral.

Life of Mary by Ugolino di Prete Ilario
Life of Mary by Ugolino di Prete Ilario (1370), detail. Orvieto cathedral.

Chapel of the Madonna di San Brizio in Orvieto cathedral
Chapel of the Madonna di San Brizio. Ressurection of the Flesh, Luca Signorelli in 1499. Orvieto cathedral.

San Brizio Chapel in Orvieto cathedral
San Brizio Chapel in Orvieto cathedral. Luca Signorelli in 1499, The Damned in Hell.

San Brizio Chapel in Orvieto cathedral
San Brizio Chapel in Orvieto cathedral. Luca Signorelli in 1499, The Damned in Hell - a detail.

San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral
San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral. Luca Signorelli in 1499.

San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral
San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral. The Elect in Paradise by Luca Signorelli (1499).

San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral
San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral. Deeds of the Antichrist by Luca Signorelli (1501).

San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral

Chapel of the Corporal, Orvieto Cathedral
Chapel of the Corporal, Orvieto Cathedral.

Todi, Piazza del Popolo
With Palazzo dei Priori (1334-1347), Palazzo del Popolo (1213-1228) and Palazzo del Capitano (1293) in the background.

Todi Cathedral
Todi Cathedral (12th to 14th century). Dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary

Crucifixion from mid-13th century
Crucifixion from mid-13th century. Todi cathedral

Todi cathedral interior
No idea who this is.

Todi cathedral - the altar

John the Baptist
John the Baptist - Window in Todi Cathedral

Todi Cathedral crypt
Statue of Madonna and Child (12th century) as Seat of Wisdom (Sedes sapientiae).

Todi Cathedral crypt

Medieval streets in Todi

Medieval streets in Todi

Spoleto Cathedral, interior

Frescoes
Frescoes, Spoleto Cathedral (1477)

Frescoes
Frescoes, Spoleto Cathedral (1477)

Via Fontesecca, Spoleto

Doors on Via Palazzo dei Duchi, Spoleto

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

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

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.

Via Santa Chiara, Assisi
Four different types of lions.

Piazza San Rufino, Assisi

Pax et Bonum.
Assisi Cathedral, San Rufino.

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.

Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi (1228-1367)

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

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

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

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

View from Piazza Grande in Gubbio: Saint Peter's

Palazzo Ducale, Urbino
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino (1454)

Palazzo Ducale, Urbino
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino (1454)

Crucifix (XV century)
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Detail from a fresco
Detail from a fresco by Maestro dell'Incoronazione di Bellpuig (XIV century). Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Madonna with Child
Madonna with Child, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Anna (1470s) by Giovanni Bellini. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Madonna with Child
Madonna with Child, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Anna (1470s) by Giovanni Bellini. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Madonna of Mercy
Madonna of Mercy (XV century) by a Camerino sculptor. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Madonna of Mercy
Madonna of Mercy (XV century) by a Camerino sculptor. The coral necklace and bracelets are a symbol of good omen and protection from evil. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Ideal City
Ideal City (1470s) probably by Luciano Laurana. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Flagellation of Christ
Flagellation of Christ (1460) by Piero della Francesca. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Federico da Montefeltro and his son
Federico da Montefeltro and his son (1476) by Pedro Berruguete. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Studiolo, intarsia
Studiolo, intarsia. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Studiolo, intarsia
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Studiolo, intarsia
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Studiolo, intarsia
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

The town of Urbino
as seen from the palace.

Just another door in the palace with incredible intarsia
Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Corpus Domini predella
Corpus Domini predella (1467-1468) by Paolo Uccello. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Annunciation by Giovanni Santi
Annunciation (1485) by Giovanni Santi. Giovanni Santi is the father of Raphael. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.