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

Rickety lifts and hidden frescoes.

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,...
The Bessarion Chapel

The Bessarion Chapel

Tweet If I could travel in time there are umpteen periods I’d love to visit. If I could only choose one, I think I’d go for the mid 1400s. The quattrocento has always struck me as an exciting period, an intermingling of strife and elegance. And there were some...
The Bessarion Chapel.

The Bessarion Chapel.

Tweet If I could travel in time there are umpteen periods I’d love to visit. If I could only choose one, I think I’d go for the mid 1400s. The quattrocento has always struck me as an exciting period, an intermingling of strife and elegance. And there were some...