Detail
Detail of a lovely window grill.

St. Francis Xavier church
The interior of the church is very well preserved early baroque.

Gold
A 36 kg gold "nugget", Zarewo Alexandrowskoi, Miask, Ural, Russia. A copy.

Pyrite
Pyrite or fool's gold, iron(II) disulfide, Amejun, Soria, Spain

Ankeruhr
Hoher Markt, the clock was made in 1914.

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

Neume initial
Biblioteca Malatestiana, Cesena.

Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber) - Correction of the Almagest
Original is from the 12th century. Biblioteca Malatestiana in Cesena.

Polyptych by Piero della Francesca
The Polyptych of the Misericordia by Piero della Francesca. Museo Civico, Sansepolcro.

Orvieto Cathedral
Orvieto Cathedral (1290-1590). On average a 14th century cathedral, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. In rain.

Facade
Orvieto cathedral.

Crucifix
Crucifix (1305-1320) 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.

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.

St Antony of Padua Polyptych
St Antony of Padua Polyptych (ca. 1468) by Piero della Francesca. Annunciation (top). 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.

Madonna with Child and a donator
Madonna with Child and a donator (XIV century) by Pseudo Jacopino di Francesco. Either the anatomy is quite wrong or she is feeding Him with a bottle. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Santa Clara
Santa Clara (1410s) by Lorenzo Salimbeni. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Madonna with Child
Madonna with Child (1476) by Alvise Vivarini. Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Portrait of a Lady by Raphael
Portrait of a Lady, La Mutta (1505-1509) by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino). Palazzo Ducale, Urbino.

Church of San Giacomo e San Quirico
Some Guarnerius Sculpsit in 1679.

Snaky jewellery from Polluce
That is some interesting jewellery: snakes!

Various coins
These are the golden coins recovered from the Polluce.

Basilica di San Marco
Basilica at night.

La Vierge du Rosaire
La Vierge du Rosaire in Church of Saint-Marie-Madeleine in Biot. From around 1510.

St. Francis Xavier church
The altar in the church. The interior is basically the same since the 17th century.

Cathedral
The cathedral is dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

Cathedral

Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta
The ceiling was painted with lapis lazuli.

Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta

Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta
The last judgement by Taddeo di Bartolo (1393). The hellish part.

Siena Cathedral
Built in 1196-1215.

Siena Cathedral

Siena Cathedral

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
More interesting details on the ceiling of the Piccolomini Library.

Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune
Such lovely beams under the ceiling. I think the inscription says Seule * as seule etoile, meaning the founder's wife.

Beaune Polyptych detail
The red angel above Nicolas Rolin's head holds a golden helmet.

Basilique Notre-Dame de Beaune
A magnificent stained glass window. But I have no idea how old it is. May be old, but my uneducated guess would say quite recent.

Château de Chenonceau
Chambre de Louise de Lorraine, the black room. She was mourning the death of her husband Henri III.