Tag: Giuseppe Sardi
Venetië: Santissimo Salvatore (San Salvador)
Venice: Santa Maria di Nazareth (Scalzi)
Venice: Madonna dell’Orto
Question: why do we find a statue of Saint Christopher with the young Christ on his shoulders above the entrance of the Madonna dell’Orto? Answer: because the church was initially dedicated to Saint Christopher. Not far from here travellers left for the islands in the lagoon, such as Murano, Burano…
Venetië: Santa Maria di Nazareth (Scalzi)
Venetië: Madonna dell’Orto
Vraag: waarom vinden we boven de ingang van de Madonna dell’Orto een beeld van de heilige Christoffel met de jonge Christus op zijn schouders? Antwoord: omdat de kerk oorspronkelijk aan Sint Christoffel was gewijd. Niet ver van waar de kerk staat, vertrokken reizigers naar de eilanden in de lagune, zoals…
Rome: Santa Maria in Monticelli
Rome: Santa Maria in Monticelli
Rome: Santa Maria in Cosmedin
Rome: Santa Maria in Cosmedin
The Santa Maria in Cosmedin is a church that is located on the Forum Boarium, Ancient Rome’s cattle market. Just to the north was another forum, the Forum Holitorium, which was a vegetable market. Both forums were obviously very important trading locations in Antiquity. A reconstruction of early Rome from…



