De Santa Croce in Gerusalemme is een oude Rooms-Katholieke kerk die nog net binnen de Aureliaanse Muren van de stad uit de derde eeuw staat. Op architectonisch en cultureel vlak is de kerk niet echt indrukwekkend, maar vanuit religieus perspectief is ze buitengewoon belangrijk. Op deze plaats wordt sinds de…
The church of Sant’Antonio di Padova, known as Il Santo to locals, is not just any church. It is in fact the second most important church of the Order of the Franciscans, after the Papal Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi. It is huge, but not as large as the…
I think this is actually the first time I dedicate a post to a famous square in an Italian city. But then again, the Piazza San Marco in Venice is not just your average square. In fact, my Trotter travel guide informs me that it is the only square in…
It was 10:45 in the morning on a lovely, sunny day in picturesque Venice. We had a reservation at a restaurant near the Campo San Barnaba at noon, so we still had more than an hour to spend on the streets of the Serenissima. The Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari…
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…