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A Warehouse Full of Frescoes


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The rather plain façade may once have been brightly painted: a hint of what's inside.


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[ 6/12/99: 1 page, 2 photos ]

Some churches are all pinnacles and portals, spires and sculptures; but the interior is not much. Others, like S. Agostino, are the reverse: it's mostly about the frescoes inside. Much has been lost, but much remains, and some of it is quite beauti­ful.

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If you stand in the via Anicia, a small street behind S. Agostino, you won't think it's the same church. From the front, this belfry is hidden by the big blank pediment-like upper story of the façade that you saw above. The dilapidated Renaissance gate leads to an equally derelict church garden, if I remember well.

A little note here mostly for young people going on your first trip to Europe: there's a lesson in this. If you're doing the sights somewhere, don't dismiss a church or monument because it doesn't look so hot from one angle. Walk around it, or go inside: you may be surprised. Open your eyes.


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