We’ve just added a new 3 hour tour that has a theme of ‘Christian Rome’. This guided tour visits Santa Maria Maggiore and San Giovanni in Laterano (the ‘cathedral of Rome and of the world’), the ‘Holy Stairs’, the Appian Way, before going on to a guided tour ‘underneath’ Rome, the famous burial catacombs of [...]
Milan – illuminated Duomo, festival of light.
December 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Milan, December 8th 2011 – on the occasion of the festival of the Immaculate Conception, Milan Cathedral became the first in the world to have its stained glass windows illuminated from the inside. The special opening event, part of the annual art project Light Exhibition Design (LED), saw (in the noted absence of rain) large [...]
Florence Cathedral museum expansion
October 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Museum of the Cathedral in Florence is about to see the start of a six year restoration and enlargement project that will see the museum double in size and therefore allow many more treasures to come out from under wraps. To quote from the Italian News Agency piece: Florence’s Museum of the Works of [...]
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