Arezzo: San Francesco

Een bezoek aan de kerk van San Francesco kan worden beschouwd als het hoogtepunt van iedere trip naar Arezzo. De kerk zelf is niet erg bijzonder. Ze werd gebouwd in de tweede helft van de dertiende eeuw (ca. 1290) en kreeg haar huidige voorkomen in de Toscaans-Gotische stijl ongeveer honderd…

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Arezzo: San Francesco

A visit to the church of San Francesco can be considered the highlight of any trip to Arezzo. The church itself is not very special. It was built in the second half of the thirteenth century (ca. 1290) and acquired its present form in the Tuscan-Gothic style about one hundred…

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Rome: Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

The Santa Croce in Gerusalemme is an old Roman Catholic church that is just within the third century Aurelian Walls of the city. The church is architecturally and culturally rather unimpressive, but it is very important from a religious point of view. There has been a Christian place of worship…

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