The church of San Giobbe can be found in a fairly remote part of Venice and can be reached from the railway station by foot in about fifteen minutes. Our visit to the church started with a minor incident. The church has only one entrance, which has two wooden doors.…
It is a stiff walk to the oratory of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Arezzo. The building is not situated in the city centre, but about one kilometre south of it. The route to the oratory is nevertheless quite simple. From the train station of Arezzo one can follow the…
Our visit to Spoleto started at the church of San Ponziano, which is located on the slope of the Colle Ciciano, northeast of the historical city centre. It is dedicated to Pontianus of Spoleto, a young man who was said to have been martyred during the reign of the Roman…
De kleine stad Fiesole rijst hoog boven de veel grotere stad Florence in de vallei beneden uit. Fiesole stond bekend als Vipsul in de Etruskische tijd en werd wellicht al rond 700 BCE gesticht. Gelegen op een heuvel op een hoogte van zo’n 300 meter was de stad gemakkelijk te…