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I LUOGHI DE LA FRANCESCANA: La Cappella Baglioni, Spello
The Baglioni Chapel is a chapel in the Collegiate church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Spello, central Italy. It is known for its Renaissance frescoes executed by Pinturicchio from c. 1500 to 1501. The decoration was commissioned by the prior (later bishop) Troilo Baglioni, and the end of the work is assigned to 1501. The work was the last important one [...]
I LUOGHI DE LA FRANCESCANA: Castello di Pissignano, Campello sul Clitunno
“Lizori” is the imaginary name that the hamlet of San Benedetto, a.k.a. Castello di Pissignano Alto, has been known with since the 1970s. Located in the area of Campello sul Clitunno, this castle and the underlying Spoletan Valley have been privileged strongholds of Imperial and Republican Rome. Commanders and senators, foreign conquerors by the epic [...]
I LUOGHI DE LA FRANCESCANA: L’Abbazia di Sassovivo, Foligno
Just 6 kilometers from Foligno, set in the idyllic natural landscape, is the Sassovivo Abbey, founded in the second half of the eleventh century by Benedictine monks. The abbey was founded by the Benedictines around 1070, probably by one Mainhard coming from Santa Maria di Sitria. The abbey was based on an existing castle of the [...]