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Of all colours

Pomposa and its surroundings are a gallery of endless colour nuances: the grass, the plants, the crops, the animals, the carved stone, the bricks, the frescoes, the mosaics…
Here is a sample by colour gradation.

  • Last five orders of the bell tower
    (by R. Romagnoli)
  • Stone decorations of narthex arches
    (by R. Romagnoli)
  • Hanging arches and four-mullioned window in part of the last order of the bell tower
    (from a photo by R. Romagnoli)
  • Palazzo della Ragione portico arches
  • Mullioned window in the chapter house as seen from the cloisters
    (from a photo by R. Romagnoli)
  • Mullioned window seen from inside the chapter house
    (by R. Romagnoli)
  • Decorative motifs on the front of the Basilica
  • Ceramic basins set among facade elements
    (by A. Galardi)
  • Figure of a lion sculpted in sandstone and placed on façade
  • Flooring of the Basilica with mosaic decorations
  • Circular mosaic decoration
  • Figurative and geometric mosaic decorations
    (by B. Bolognesi)
  • Stone band carved with animal and plant motifs on the façade

  • Column and capital of the last arch of the left aisle, before the apse, seen from below (by R. Romagnoli)

  • Frescoed decoration on the intrados of an arch inside the Abbey
    (by R. Romagnoli)
  • Façade decoration depicting the symbol of the tree of life enclosed in concentric bands of brick and carved stone
    (by R. Romagnoli)
  • The three-arched brick and stone bridge leading to the Abbey
  • Embankment levels
    (by D. Manzolli)
  • Po Delta
    (Photographic Arch. Veneto Regional Park of the Po Delta)
  • Embankment of the Po di Goro
    (Photographic Arch. of the Po Delta Regional Park of Veneto)
  • Aster tripolium
    (Photographic Arch. of the Po Delta Regional Park of Veneto)
  • Limonium serotinum
    (Photographic Arch. of the Po Delta Regional Park of Veneto)
  • Centaurea tommasinii
    (Photographic Arch. of the Po Delta Regional Park of Veneto)
  • Calystegia soldanella
    (Photographic Arch. of the Po Delta Regional Park of Veneto)
  • Eryngium maritimum
    (Photographic Arch. of the Po Delta Regional Park of Veneto)
  • Ligustrum vulgare
    (Photographic Arch. of the Po Delta Regional Park of Veneto)
  • Cornus sanguinea
    (Photographic Arch. of the Po Delta Regional Park of Veneto)
  • Ninfee
    (Photographic Arch. of the Po Delta Regional Park of Veneto)

  • Bee-eaters birds
    (by G. Benizzi)
  • Flamingos
    (Photographic Arch. Veneto Regional Park of the Po Delta)
  • View of a canal with flamingos
    (by M. Serenetti)
  • Flamingos from above
    (Photographic Arch. Po Delta Park Emilia Romagna)
  • Fishing with a sling bar
    (by D. Manzolli)
  • Lighthouse of Goro
  • Detail of a miracle of St. Guido Abate
    fresco in the Basilica of Santa Maria
    (from a photo by R. Romagnoli)
  • Detail of the Apocalypse
    Fresco in the Basilica of Santa Maria
  • Noah’s Ark
    Fresco in the Basilica of Santa Maria
    (by A. Galardi)
  • Interior of the Basilica of Santa Maria
    (by R. Romagnoli)
  • View from the portico of Palazzo della Ragione
    (by A. Romagnoli)
  • The Pomposa Abbey complex glimpsed amidst the green vegetation and crops from the canal bank
    (by R. Romagnoli)

Finally, white is a must!

  • Po Delta in winter
    (by D. Manzolli)
  • Ducks in winter
    (by R. Dissette)
  • Grey heron in a ‘winter mood’.
    (by R. Dissette)

And not even black and white.

  • Abbey façade (postcard)
  • Nave frescoes (postcard)
  • Palazzo della Ragione (postcard)
  • Relief of Raffaele Cattaneo made for the series
    La Basilica di San Marco in Venezia illustrata nella storia e nell’arte da scrittori veneziani (1885 – 1889)

– On the cover, a detail of the fresco in the apsidal basin with an angel holding the scroll “Beati oculi qui vident qu[a]e vos vide[te]” – shot by Antonella Galardi –