mail: Bill Thayer |
![]() Italiano |
![]() Help |
![]() Up |
![]() Home |
A town of central Umbria, a frazione of Spoleto: 42°47.5N, 12°42.4E. Altitude: 246 m. |
![]() |
The town and the belfry of the church, as seen from the road from Spoleto to Montefalco. |
Although the tall 19c belfry may draw the visitor in from afar, what you then see as you approach the church is a veritable lapidary museum of
Roman stones
reused in the fabric of the church: bits of monumental friezes, inscriptions, telltale large squared chunks of travertine.
|
|
The interior of the church
is no less rich in works of art of every period: a very attractive small
crypt
with sculpted capitals, housing a Roman sarcophagus, maybe the very one to have enclosed the bones of the saint; the "usual"
frescoes
(we're in Umbria!), and some particularly beautiful
Renaissance stonework
but the actual church building remains the star — and is also endangered.
|
Images with borders lead to more information.
The thicker the border, the more information. (Details here.) |
||||||||
Thanks to the inhabitants and sacristan of S. Brizio
|
||||||||
UP TO: |
![]() Spoleto |
![]() Umbria |
![]() Italy |
![]() Europe |
![]() Home |
|||
SEE
ALSO: |
![]() Diary |
![]() Churches of Umbria |
![]() Churches of Italy |
|
||||
A page or image on this site is in the public domain ONLY if its URL has a total of one *asterisk. If the URL has two **asterisks, the item is copyright someone else, and used by permission or fair use. If the URL has none the item is © Bill Thayer. See my copyright page for details and contact information. |
Site updated: 2 May 98