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Shrine to the Virgin Mary at the entrance to Castagnola on the road from Giano; designed by Carlo Bassetta, an inhabitant of the town. Late 20c. |
Roadside shrines are an omnipresent part of the landscape of central Italy, whether they greet the traveler approaching some little town, as here, or mark a crossroads, or stand at some place as a witness to a local event or a landowner's piety.
The flowers, as almost always in Umbria, are fresh. |
Very often, it is the Madonna who is honored like this, and therefore in Umbria at least, madonnina, "little madonna", is a common generic term for a roadside shrine.
The Virgin blesses a priest — maybe St. Nicholas of Tolentino — as Christ and his angels look on. (The glass protecting the tiles reflects the Umbrian landscape to the west; as well as a bit of camera body and three of my fingers.) |
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