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Charles and Nancy in Italy

Sant' Apollinare Nuovo

1/7/2023

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Our first stop after buying a combined ticket to the UNESCO sites is Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo, a huge, cold, and rather austere church, except for the mosaics, which are wonderful but rather high above us and distant. 

At the front of the church to the left of the altar area, there is a chapel decorated with Baroque-style sculptures and decoration. It makes quite a contrast with the very formal and somewhat impersonal mosaics. The altar area seems to be trying to integrate the two aesthetic modes, with ancient pillars and an ornate altarpiece. 
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Kiki Smith
1/10/2023 02:36:03 pm

Thanks again for these views. Why are those doors so intriguing? And the food!!

Loved the Ravenna images, of course. I hope that you've paid your Covid dues and are free now.

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    Writing about our visit to Bologna.

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