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S. Michele in Cortigno

The Porch

Lunette over the entrance door: Mother and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Catherine of Alexandria, crowned, with her martyr's palm and her wheel. The roundels depict Christ flanked by Peter and Paul, with key and sword respectively; then, in keeping with the theme of this church, two angels.

The photographs of the 5 tondi called up by the clickmap:
© Roberto Savi, by kind permission.

A pulled-back view of about as much of the door as possible: any farther back, and we'd be walking down the steps, the overhang of the very narrow porch concealing our subject: see the last photo below.

Thruout Italy, we see pairs of lions guarding the doors of churches: Cortigno's are small.

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Thanks to
Roberto Savi
for encouraging me to use his photos on this site.

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