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Basilica di S. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari 3072 San Polo, Campo dei Frari, Venice, 30124 |
This church has very plain look from the outside, the façade is made of brick and it doesn’t have much decoration. But it is one of the major sights in Venice. The entrance is to the side and when you enter, you are v... more
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Basilica di S.M. Assunta di Torcello - Campanile Isola di Torcelo, Nord 12/14, Venice, 30100 |
This is the oldest cathedral of the lagoon, and evidence of the first settlement here. It was built in 639, but has undergone restoration and modification in the 9th, 11th and...
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Basilica di S.M. Assunta in Carignano Piazza Di Carignano, Genoa, 16128 |
The story behind this church is quite amusing as it was built according to a request left by Bendinello Sauli in his will, in order to humiliate the Fieschi family who had committe...
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Basilica di San Ambrogio 15 Piazza Sant |
St. Ambrogio is the masterpiece of Romanesque architecture in Lombardy, and indeed the prototype of all Romanesque architecture in Italy. The church and a basilica was dedicated to St. Ambrose, the bishop-protector of th... more
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Basilica di San Antonio di Padova Via Jacopo della Lana 2, Bologna, 40137 |
This church was built at the beginning of the 1900's by the architect Carlo Barberi from Modena. A beautiful external aspect in neoclassical style with the internal walls decorated...
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Basilica di San Bassiano Outside the town of Lodi Vecchio (Old Lodi), Lodi, 26855 |
In 374 Bishop Bassiano decided to erect the Basilica of Laus Pompeia (which was destroyed by the Milanese around 1000ad) in the midst of a cemetery which ran along the very important Roman road that linked Milan, Lodi an... more
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Basilica di San Domenico Piazza San Domenico, Siena, 53100 |
(Chapel of St. Catherine) halfway down the right wall was frescoed with scenes from the saint's life. All except the right wall (where in 1593 Francesco Vanni painted Catherine performing an exorcism) were frescoed by So... more
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Basilica di San Francesco Piazza Malpighi 9, Bologna, 40122 |
In 1236, the Franciscans began building this beautiful Basilica. The façade overlooking Piazza San Francesco has retained its Romanic-Gothic features with a single spire...
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Basilica di San Francesco Piazza San Francesco, Arezzo, 52100 |
I was determined to see this chapel last summer while driving through Tuscany. These frescoes were magnificent. We had a hard time finding the place since a lot of the citizens of Arezzo did not know where this place was... more
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Basilica di San Lorenzo Piazza San Lorenzo, Firenze, 50123 |
S.Lorenzo contains masterpieces by Donatello, including the sarcophagus of the Martelli family, and the two bronze pulpits. The sarcophagus, in the form of a wickerwork basket, was commissioned by Roberto Martelli around... more
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