Art
Lion, eagle, peacock – peacock, eagle, lion
This is the order from left to right of the animals that guard from above the entrance to the Pomposa Basilica. Exemplary elements of the Middle Ages and Romanesque art that form a sequence of meaning that is not purely…
The eight points of a star
The church of Santa Maria Abbazia in Pomposa brings heaven to earth in many ways.An arch in the interior colonnade houses the image of a star with eight points, alternating its eight elements with as many letters of the name…
Beyond what remains
Relic (reliquia) literally means what remains. In the case of saints and martyrs, the term indicates their mortal remains or parts of them. Reliquaries are nothing more than the custody of these remains: caskets, urns, ampoules, boxes, precious fabrics welcome…
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…