We will continue our marathon of the extended tour of the Duomo and its environs next post. Instead I will tell you about going a local pasticceria across the piazza from the Duomo and Baptistery which was in our family name. Scudieri is the original derivation of my last name Scudere. My great grandfather changedContinue reading “Breakfast at a namesake”
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A visit to the Baptistery or “the scaffolding Gremlin strikes again”
So, before we totally leave the Duomo, though we will be back, I do have a one of more fresco that I think will be of interest. I cannot do this justice but hell is in the lower left of the painting (Left, in Italian, being the word “sinistra” (from which the word “sinister” isContinue reading “A visit to the Baptistery or “the scaffolding Gremlin strikes again””
A day at the Duomo
After a day of truffle hunting it was time to step up to the fire hose and start gorging myself on culture. Don’t get me wrong, I truly appreciate culture and admire the ingenuity and genius that is typically incumbent with the generation of anything culturally significant. Having said that, while I do appreciate culture,Continue reading “A day at the Duomo”
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