When in 1974 the Pieve Collegiata church in the far west of the Tuscan hillside area of Cerbaie, was dedicated to San Giovanni Apostolo and Evangelista di Santa Maria a Monte (Pisa), it underwent major restoration, and a canvas was recovered from its attics. After a quick restoration, it was Read more…
“The town of Torre Cajetani sits on the top of a hill and has grown all around the medieval castle (XIII century) with its powerful quadrilateral structure […] Its places of worship are interesting, among which we remember the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta.“ Many tour guides who speak Read more…
We are close to the August 5, the day when the Rocca Priora inhabitants take to the streets to celebrate Our Lady of Snow waiting, after Mass and the solemn procession, for the miracle of snow in summer to happen again. The miracle does and it is a copious amount Read more…
Art has a continuing challenge to express feeling in different ways as communication media and technology evolves,and traditonal iconography is an artform that shares this challenge. Before the invention of photography, paintings were very close to reality and were the way to record what was going on in other places. Read more…
