damnatio memoriae

Don't forget the 2 Monteverde angels!

And yes, the mosquitos are fierce 😕

A mystic mood at the Vienna Orthodox Church

A wonderful pair of medieval effigial floor memorials at Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

The marble & bronze sarcophagus memorial for Cardinal Pietro Foscari (d 1485) looks incongruous in the Costa Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

That’s because it was originally in the Foscari Chapel, which was demolished in 1600

The 1505 altarpiece by Gian Cristoforo Romano is also magnificent

View of Cranborne (formerly Abbey) church, you can just make out some of the wonderful wall paintings on the right

Ooh where’s this one Steve?

The medieval Sistine Chapel” the Crypt of St Magnus beneath Anagni Cathedral contains vivid 13th century frescoes which really blew me away

So glad I backed my photos up to the cloud, my phone was stolen a couple of days later 🫳🏻🎒 😂🥲

Ok ok guess it’s time to right that wrong. It will be a welcome respite from the June heat 😊

Still haven’t gotten round to visiting this, always mean to, always get distracted and go elsewhere… 😬

Good grief! The knotwork in pic 3… Oof!

The Church of Sant'Agata dei Goti (Saint Agatha of the Goths) in Rome features a Cosmatesque ciborium thought to be from the 13th century

It was reassembled from fragments in the 1920s

The Elephant and Obelisk, Rome

Someone’s missing a trick, what a great name for a pub 😁

I’ll try again in June. In the meantime, hopefully these Roman letterings will give you some inspiration

Unfortunately the queue was too long for me, thought I’d best leave the waiting to the faithful

Wonderful early Renaissance tomb at Tiverton

Absolutely agree! I wonder how the queues are at Santa Maria Maggiore, might pop in tomorrow and see if I can get a top down snap

This one looks pretty special, did the architect design any other churches?

A defaced or beheaded ensemble at Exeter Cathedral

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Beautiful spires, made me think of those at Sagrada Familia, is it a Catalan style?

Spotted in my Roman local

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This is spectacular and pure, I love it, thanks for sharing

So many beautiful things to see in Cologne, I wouldn’t presume to send you a list. But for further inspiration search my posts here and the app formerly known as Twitter for “Cologne” or even “Bonn” (as it’s very close and also nice)

Yes, perhaps my favourite museum, beautiful pieces and at a size that’s “manageable”

I find places like V&A, MANN in Naples, Altes Museum in Berlin etc just too big and overwhelming

Cracking font! I was just looking at my pics of this Rhenish example ca. 1200 earlier, the protruding faces are an interesting similarity

A 14th century woodwose relaxing at the Schnütgen Museum, Cologne

Church of the Frari, Venice

The towers of Ely Cathedral

Spoleto, Roman Theatre

Detail from the bizarre ancient font at Luppitt, Devon