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Rickety lifts and hidden frescoes: Pietro Cavallini at Santa Cecilia in Trastevere

Rickety lifts and hidden frescoes: Pietro Cavallini at Santa Cecilia in Trastevere

Art History, Cavallini, Late Medieval, Rome, Trastevere

Tweet In my post about the Bessarion ChapeI I mentioned my fondness for exploring hidden corners of churches in return for a handful of small change. Well here’s another of my favourites. The church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, with its verdant courtyard,...

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