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Cathedral
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Basilica di Santa Maria Degli Angeli
The side of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels, located in the plain at the foot of the Assisi hills. Constructed between 1569 and 1679. -
San Rufino Cathedral
Two hungry lions at the entrance. -
San Rufino Cathedral
Spider-dog! On the Assisi Cathedral! I wonder what the official explanation is. -
The Last Judgement
Bas-relief of the Last Judgement was installed around 1331. -
Cathedral
Insanely beautiful details on the facade. -
Old Testament
Stories from the Old Testament, starting with The apple. -
Old Testament
A very surgical removal of Adam's rib. -
Palazzo del Popolo
Is this a dog with a helmet? And a cow sitting on top of it? -
San Salvatore
The Lombards took the columns, capitals etc from the Romans, and assembled them into a new church ;-) Unfortunately, the church was quite damaged in the 2016 earthquake and is closed for visitors now. -
Chiesa di San Pietro Extra Moenia
The two panels indicating the contrast between posthumous fates of a righteous man (above) and of a sinner (below). -
Chiesa di San Pietro Extra Moenia
The main portal with the reliefs of a peacock pecking grapes (top), a grazing cow (middle), and a man driving a yoke of oxen, while his dog jumps up in front (bottom). -
Chiesa di San Pietro Extra Moenia
The story about the lion and the woodcutter. -
Chiesa di San Pietro Extra Moenia
The reliefs depicting Christ washing Peter's feet (top) and the calling of Peter and Andrew on the Sea of Galilee (bottom) -
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
A pulpit outside the church. -
Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta
The mosaic portraying Christ giving a Benediction, signed by Solsternus (1207). Let that sink in. 1207. -
Street sign
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Cathedral
Perugia Cathedral and La Fontana Maggiore in the front. -
Etruscan Arch
One of the two remaining Etruscan gates: constructed in the 3rd century BC and restored by Augustus in 40. -
Etruscan Arch
The loggia was added in the 16th century. -
La Fontana Maggiore
The Original Sin and the expulsion from Eden. -
La Fontana Maggiore
The fountain was built in 1275-1278. And it's still standing in the main square. Here we see: The she-wolf that fed Romulus, Remus and their mother Rea Silvia; Two of Aesop's fables (the fox and the crane and the wolf and the lamb); January (a gentleman and his wife at the hearth - Aquarius) -
La Fontana Maggiore
Here we see: May (two Knights on Falconry - Gemini); June (the harvest and flailing - Cancer); July (the threshing and the division of wheat - Lion). -
La Fontana Maggiore
Here we see: The Lion Guelph and the Griffin of Perugia; with a bit of December on the left and a bit of Grammar and Dialectic on the right.