Category: Italy
Rome: Sant’Agnese fuori le Mura
Rome: San Lorenzo fuori le Mura
Rome: Santa Maria in Aracoeli
Rome: San Lorenzo in Lucina
Rome: Santa Maria della Pace
I stumbled upon this lovely little church by chance. It is located directly behind the Santa Maria dell’Anima, not far from the Piazza Navona. The most intriguing exterior feature of the church is its facade, and especially the round portico designed by Pietro da Cortona (1596-1669) in the seventeenth century.…
Rome: Santa Maria Antiqua
Rome: Santa Francesca Romana
Rome: San Crisogono
Rome: San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Rome: San Teodoro
Rome: Santa Sabina
Rome: San Saba
Rome: Santi Quattro Coronati
Rome: San Paolo fuori le Mura
Rome: San Vitale
Siena: Museo dell’Opera del Duomo
Siena: The Crypt
Siena: The Duomo
Siena: Libreria Piccolomini
The Piccolominis were a prominent and influential family from Siena. Their influence was not confined to the city itself: two of the family’s most famous members became popes. Enea Silvio Piccolomini (1405-1464) was elected Pope Pius II in 1458 and held that position until his death in 1464. His nephew…