Religious Places

According to tradition, the origin of the shrine is to be placed in the 4th century by St. Eusebius, the first bishop of Vercelli. The earliest writ… Read the rest

Words are not enough to describe the Charterhouse of Pavia. One has to see it. It is the first thing one realizes as soon as one crosses the entra… Read the rest

A beautiful and intelligent ruler, Queen Theodolinda reigned over today’s Po Valley lands at the turn of the 6th and 7th centuries CE. Through c… Read the rest

A building of Brahmanesque character, consisting of a central volume with a circular plan traversed by three levels of galleries to which are attached… Read the rest

Altamura Cathedral is one of the four palatine basilicas of Apulia, that is, under the direct dependencies of the emperor of Swabia. Much of the origi… Read the rest

On one of the karst reliefs, where the stone again turns into a steep slope, is the Tabor or Rocca di Monrupino, a fortress that holds a shrine consec… Read the rest

The Baptistery of San Giovanni, built in the second half of the thirteenth century, stands in front of Volterra Cathedral and is characterized by its… Read the rest

Dedicated to the Assumption, the cathedral was rebuilt around 1120 on a pre-existing church dedicated to St. Mary. The salient facade è div… Read the rest

The Basilica, clad in white travertine typical of the Tivoli quarries, has a Greek-cross plan with four large side apses and a central dome dominating… Read the rest

The tombs were moved from inside the former Church of St. Francis, now a monumental ruin with no roof, to the sub-portico and reassembled there in 165… Read the rest