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Churches of Città di Castello

[The inside of a large circular drum-type dome, seen from below. The drum is pierced by ten rectangular windows, and the summit of the dome by a round window or oculus. The dome is frescoed with Christian allegorical subjects. Below the drum, an inscription runs around the dome, reading 'Cum iratus fueris, misericordiae recordaberis'. Below that, four frescoed squinches. It is an interior view of the cathedral of Città di Castello, Umbria (central Italy).]

The cupola of the Duomo: fresco work by Tommaso Conca (1792).

[A view of the organ loft of the Duomo of Città di Castello, Umbria (central Italy).]
Duomo
[An urban scene in winter, of low houses in a dense group, of leafless trees; in the background, a square brick tower and a lower rounded building with blind arcading poke up above the rooftops. It is a partial and obstructed view of the church of the Madonna delle Grazie in Città di Castello, Umbria (central Italy).]
Madonna delle Grazie
[A plain triangular stone pediment. It is a detail of the entrance doot of the church of S. Agostino in Città di Castello, Umbria (central Italy).]
S. Agostino
[A somewhat damaged wall painting depicting Christ in Majesty in a mandorla held by angels. It is a detail of the interior of the church of S. Cecilia in Città di Castello, Umbria (central Italy).]
S. Cecilia
[A prison- or fortress-like brick building with only one visible small round window. It is a partial view of the exterior of the church of S. Domenico in Città di Castello, Umbria (central Italy).]
S. Domenico
[A low-relief stone sculpture of a geometric shape much like a trilobite fossil. It is a detail of the entrance door of the church of S. Francesco in Città di Castello, Umbria (central Italy).]
S. Francesco
[An incised entrelacs-like geometric motif on stone. It is a detail of a sandstone plaque, bearing a dedicatory inscription, on the façade of the church of S. Giuseppe in Città di Castello, Umbria (central Italy).]
S. Giuseppe
[A rectangular room with an arched ceiling about 10 meters high. Wooden pews, each accommodating six people, on either side on an alley leading to an altar at the far end of the photograph mark it as a church. It is a view of the interior of the church of S. Maria Nova in Città di Castello, Umbria (central Italy).]
S. Maria Nova
[A medium-sized room with plastered walls and ceiling, the latter of Gothic vaulting; at the far end of the photo, behind a stone communion rail, an altar built over a grillwork and glass tomb in which can be made out a human body. Above the altar, a large painting of the Madonna in a baroque frame; it is flanked by a niche on either side, with a sculpture of a standing robed figure. It is a view of the interior of the church of S. Martino in Città di Castello, Umbria (central Italy).]
S. Martino

Outlying Churches

[A low hill with a large isolated neoclassical church. It is a view of the church of the Madonna in Canoscio, Umbria (central Italy).]
Canoscio
6/12/05 — 2 churches:
3 pages, 21 photos
[A plastered 2‑story building looking much like a house except for a small square belfry jutting out of the roof toward the back of the photograph. It is a view of the church of Sansecondo, Umbria (central Italy).]
Sansecondo
[A massive octagonal concrete block of a building about 3 stories tall, of which we see three faces. It has a group of three large doors forming an entrance, and small cruciform windows high on the faces on either side; the building sits at the end of a small brick-paved esplanade. It is a view of the church of SS. Donato e Stefano in Trestina, Umbria (central Italy).]
Trestina
7/1/05 — 2 churches:
2 pages, 6 photos
[A small rectangular stone battle with a square belfry tower at the left end. It is a view of the church of Uppiano, Umbria (central Italy).]
Uppiano
You should not get the idea this sampler shows all, or even most, of the churches in Città di Castello and its surrounding territory, which must number at least four times as many. Important churches missing in my sampler, usually because I haven't seen them myself: S. Maria Maggiore, and, out of town about 4 km NE, the Madonna del Belvedere.

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