A truly extraordinary phenomenon occurs every year in the cathedral of Bari. At 17:10 on 21 June, the day of the summer solstice, a ray of sunlight passes through the rose window of the facade of the cathedral, dedicated to San Sabino, and is projected and precisely overlap, a few steps from the presbytery, on… Read More THAT SUNBEAM IN BARI’S CATHEDRAL: THE EXTRAORDINARY PHENOMENON OF JUNE 21, AT 5,10 PM
© Roberto Alborghetti Orvieto (Urbs vetus) is one of the jewels of monumental Italy, in the province of Terni (Umbria). How not to get excited in front of the cathedral basilica of Santa Maria Assunta? Magnificent masterpiece and spectacle of Gothic architecture. There aren’t many words to say. Here it is enough to admire. And… Read More (HE)ART PLACES / THE CATHEDRAL OF ORVIETO (ITALY): WHAT A MAGNIFICENT SHOW!
Starting yesterday August 17th, and until October 7th the magnificent Cathedral of Siena “unveils” its extraordinary marble intarsia floor. The precious marble “carpet” is usually protected from being walked upon by visitors and the numerous worshippers who every day enter the sacred temple to pray, and is therefore not totally visible. The floor is “the… Read More SIENA CATHEDRAL SHOWS “THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MARBLE INTARSIA FLOOR OF THE WORLD”
Starting yesterday August 18th, right after the Palio dell’Assunta and until October 27th the magnificent Cathedral of Siena “unveils” its extraordinary marble intarsia floor. The precious marble “carpet” is usually protected from being walked upon by visitors and the numerous worshippers who every day enter the sacred temple to pray, and is therefore not totally… Read More SIENA CATHEDRAL UNVEILS ITS WONDERFUL MARBLE INTARSIA FLOOR (UNTIL OCTOBER 27, 2019)
La Città del Cielo / The City of Celestial Sky Siena (Tuscany, Italy) 8 May – 8 September 2019 This huge and high wall that, in the Sienese’s intent, was supposed to be the façade of a New Cathedral, an architectural dream, looks at the whole city. From the top, it will be possible to… Read More A BREATHTAKING PANORAMA FROM “FACCIATONE”, THE MOST AWE-INSPIRING VIEWPOINT IN SIENA
The inlaid marble floor of the Cathedral of Siena is entirely visible until July 31 and from August 18 to October 28, 2018 The floor – “the most beautiful … largest and most magnificent … that ever was made” in the famous words of Giorgio Vasari – is the fruit of a plan that took on… Read More SIENA: NEW LIGHT FOR “THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, LARGEST AND MAGNIFICENT FLOOR THAT EVER WAS MADE”
Photos: Courtesy of Opera – Civita Group, Press Office * The Cathedral of Siena re-opens its “Gate of Heaven( 1 March – 6 January 2015). Once again, from 1st March, visitors will be able to admire the very peak of the building. The visiting path, opened forthe first timelast spring,has allowed to admire venueseveropen… Read More SIENA (ITALY): “THE GATE OF HEAVEN” RE-OPENS ITS WALK THROUGH MAGNIFICENT ART
ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI 