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Infinite lights and colours

How wonderful! The light and colours inside the church of San Sebastiano leave everyone breathless! The crystal chandeliers shine and the surfaces around them reflect and light up in turn. The marble columns shine and the blue, green and yellow stained glass windows filter warm rays of sunshine. ...
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The church with a blue interior

The church of San Giovanni Evangelista (St. John the Evangelist) features a splendid decoration with blue and gold stuccoes from a renovation in the mid-19th century. The artist is one Giuseppe Sesta, as can be read from an inscription at the entrance which also bears the date 1861. The blue of t...
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The dark railing

[dettaglio_immagine id="19740"] Palazzo Napolino Tommasi Rosso was built with a pure white stone, whose pallor is broken up from time to time by the railings of the elegant wrought iron balconies. The curved, round-bottomed railings create an interesting contrast that adds vitality to the faça...
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A beautiful rose window

The church of Carmine is an example of medieval architecture where the central rose window is still intact. The only one of its kind, it has a very unusual decoration. Instead of the usual floral elements, the stonemason created mini-columns surmounted by small capitals, each one different from th...
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A valley for Palazzo La Rocca

The green valley overlooked by Palazzo La Rocca is a riot of colours that vary with the changing seasons. From the strong bright colours of spring, it moves on to shades of yellow and ochre in summer due to the lack of rain. As it reaches the end of summer, the colours are reborn with autumn fruit...
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A question of perspective!

Depending on the time of day, the levels of the façade and its various elements create a unique and fascinating combination of light effects. The plays of light and shadow change from hour to hour. The endless chiaroscuro effects uncover and hide new details each time....
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Diversity makes everything more special

The two-tone interior makes the cathedral of San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist) wonderful. The white walls combined with the black floor enhances both elements and adds liveliness to the environment. Once inside the church of St. John the Baptist, our sense of sight is also stimulated b...
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Antependium

The alter area hides a masterpiece: the antependium. Situated in the front part of the altar, the artists took inspiration from Renaissance architecture for the decoration. The result was a splendid scenographic effect, amplified by the use of mirrors and embellished with materials such as amber a...
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Infinite colours for a single staircase

Wow! The Staircase of St. Mary of the Mountain during the town's most important feasts is an exciting sight. In May the taircase becomes a colourful carpet of plants and flowers that perfume the air and together create a spectacular design dedicated to the Madonna dei Conadomini. But it doesn't s...
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And then comes red…

The church interior looks like a white canvas with strokes of colour from the frescoes and stucco decorations that create plays of light and shadow. The delicate white walls were combined with a white and grey chequered floor, with a geometric design formed of straight lines in an excellent contra...
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