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Spoleto is a hill town in the southernmost part of the province of Perugia. Like many cities in the area, it has a beaut...
18/12/2024

Spoleto is a hill town in the southernmost part of the province of Perugia. Like many cities in the area, it has a beautiful historic center. One of the main sights is the Rocca Albornoz, here seen from the Viale Trento e Trieste. https://renatoprosciutto.com/spoleto-city-guide/

The 6 meter tall steel Colonna del Viaggiatore ("Column of the Traveller") in the Viale Trento e Trieste in Spoleto was ...
18/12/2024

The 6 meter tall steel Colonna del Viaggiatore ("Column of the Traveller") in the Viale Trento e Trieste in Spoleto was the work of Arnaldo Pomodoro. It was one of the first big works of the artist and was made for the open air exhibition "Sculptures in the City" during the Festiaval dei Due Mondi of 1962. https://renatoprosciutto.com/spoleto-city-guide/

The Via delle Quattro Fontane in Rome runs from the Piazza Barberini to the Via Nazionale. It is named for the "Four Fou...
27/11/2024

The Via delle Quattro Fontane in Rome runs from the Piazza Barberini to the Via Nazionale. It is named for the "Four Fountains" on the corners of the inersection with the point where the Via del Quirinale meets the Via XX Settembre. The photo shows the Fountain representing the river Tiber and the part of the street leading towards the Via Nazionale.

The statue in the convex part above the entrance of the church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane depicts San Carlo Borro...
27/11/2024

The statue in the convex part above the entrance of the church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane depicts San Carlo Borromeo himself. The sculptor Antonio Raggi worked on this statue from 1675 till 1680. The other two sculptures depict San Giovanni De Matha (left) and San Felice di Valois (right), founders of the Order of the Trinitarians.

The upper half of the facade of the Church of San Carlino in the Via delle Quattro Fontane in Rome has three concave par...
27/11/2024

The upper half of the facade of the Church of San Carlino in the Via delle Quattro Fontane in Rome has three concave parts. The central one houses a convex aedicula. An oval medallion above thie aedicula is supported by angels in flight and used to contain an image of San Carlo Borromeo.

The Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, usually called San Carlino, was designed by the architect Borromini. It wa...
27/11/2024

The Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, usually called San Carlino, was designed by the architect Borromini. It was constucted for the Order of the Barefoot Trinitarians. Borromini started working on the building in 1638. On his death, in 1667, only the lower half of the facade had been completed.

The entrance to the grounds of the Palazzo Barberini (seat of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica) in Rome is decorated...
27/11/2024

The entrance to the grounds of the Palazzo Barberini (seat of the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica) in Rome is decorated with telamons (statues of males used as a columns). The word derives from Greek mythology. Telamon was one of Jason's Argonauts.

Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) was a Danish sculptor, who at some point owned three workshops near the Palazzo Barberini...
27/11/2024

Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) was a Danish sculptor, who at some point owned three workshops near the Palazzo Barberini in Rome. A sculpture on the grounds of the palace shows the artist himself in the process of sculpting the Goddess of Hope. The same (or at least, a very similar) sculpture can be seen in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen. It is also depicted on an ancient Danish 25 øre postal stamp.

The Baroque facade of the Church of Saints Ildefonso and Tommaso di Villanova in the Via Sistina in Rome was built betwe...
27/11/2024

The Baroque facade of the Church of Saints Ildefonso and Tommaso di Villanova in the Via Sistina in Rome was built between 1724 and 1730 by Francesco Ferrari. The church itself dates back to the 17th century and was designed by the architect Giuseppe Paglia, himself a Dominican priest. The church is dedicated to the Spanish saints Ildefonso of Toledo (7th-century archbishop of Toledo) and Thomas of Villanova (16th-century Augustinian archbishop of Valencia). It served as the Roman headquarters of the Order of Augustinian Recollects.

The Villa Medici is located on the Pincio Hill, next to the church of Trinità de' Monti. It dates back to the mid-16th c...
27/11/2024

The Villa Medici is located on the Pincio Hill, next to the church of Trinità de' Monti. It dates back to the mid-16th century and was designed by architect Giovanni Lippi, known as Nanni di Baccio Bigio. In 1803 it became the seat of the Academy of France in Rome. The (obligatory) guided tours include the beautiful gardens.

The cupola of the Basilica of the Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso in Rome is the second biggest one in Rome. The cupola ...
27/11/2024

The cupola of the Basilica of the Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso in Rome is the second biggest one in Rome. The cupola was designed by Pietro da Cortona. Its construction was finished in 1688. The church is located in the Via del Corso. The photo was taken from the top of the Spanish Steps.

Although Christmas is still a month away, it is already quite crowded in Rome's main luxury shopping street, Via Condott...
27/11/2024

Although Christmas is still a month away, it is already quite crowded in Rome's main luxury shopping street, Via Condotti. Both the futuristic looking Christmas tree and the decorations in the Via Condotti itself were paid for by Bulgari. The Bvlgari Rome Condotti Boutique is located in the street itself, at no. 11.

The view from the Piazza della Trinità dei Monti is one of the best panoramas of Rome. The 18th century building with th...
27/11/2024

The view from the Piazza della Trinità dei Monti is one of the best panoramas of Rome. The 18th century building with the picturesque rooftop loggia does not have a name, but was designed by the architect Francesco de Sanctis, who also colaaborated on the construction of the Spanish Steps themselves. Its ground floor on the Piazza di Spagna side is taken up by Babington's Tea House. The big dome in the photo belongs to the church of San Carlo al Corso.

The Piazza della Trinità dei Monti at the top of the Spanish Steps in Rome is named for the church towering above it. Fr...
27/11/2024

The Piazza della Trinità dei Monti at the top of the Spanish Steps in Rome is named for the church towering above it. From the square you look directly into the Via Condotti, one of the city's famous shopping streets. Central position in the square is taken up by the Obelisco Sallustiano.

The Ca****la Borghese in the Trinita de Monti Church in Rome, also known as Chapel of the Crucifixion, was constructed i...
27/11/2024

The Ca****la Borghese in the Trinita de Monti Church in Rome, also known as Chapel of the Crucifixion, was constructed in 1570, when the church was enlarged. It was given to Marcantonio Borghese, then legal counsel of the convent. Many Borghese family members were buried here. In 1589 Cesare Nebbia executed the fresco cycle with the Stories of the Passion. In the early 19th century the Crucifixion was moved behind the choir and replaced by Daniele da Volterra's "Deposition". Around the middle of the century, when the Deposition was again moved to the second chapel, a plaster cast of the "Pieta" by German sculptor Wilhelm Theodor Achtermann (1799-81884) for Münster Cathedral was placed on the altar (the original was destroyed during World War II).

The 2nd chapel on the left in the Trinita de Monti church in Rome has since 1560 been named after the Spaniard Bonfil. T...
26/11/2024

The 2nd chapel on the left in the Trinita de Monti church in Rome has since 1560 been named after the Spaniard Bonfil. The frescoes were painted by Paolo de Cespedes, also a Spaniard, with the help of Cesare Arbasia. Daniele da Volterra's "Deposition from the Cross" can also be seen in this chapel. Until 1809 this painting (then a fresco) decorated the adjacent Ca****la Orsini. After a restoration by Vincenzo Camuccini, it ended up in the Villa Medici nextdoor. Later it was resturned, and became the altarpiece of the Ca****la Bonfil.

In 1526, the Orsini Chapel in the Trinita de Monti Church in Rome became property of Archbishop Aldobrandino Orsini, who...
26/11/2024

In 1526, the Orsini Chapel in the Trinita de Monti Church in Rome became property of Archbishop Aldobrandino Orsini, who gave it to his daughter Elena. The present paintings date from the 19th century and are in the Nazarene style. (The socalled Nazarenes were a group of German painters, who were active in Rome in the early 19th century. Their aim was to create a spiritual kind of art.) Of the original paintings by Emma Orsini in 1545 and painted by Daniele Da Volterra, only the "Deposition" remains, albeit moved to the adjacent Ca****la Bonfil. The others were lost during the French occupation. The present altar piece "Immaculate Conception" was painted by Phillip Veit, in 1830.

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