The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist stands of the site of an earlier building.
The church, preceded by a covered atrium , is annexed to the Franciscan convent. Originally a Latin cross , with three naves and eight chapels , following the eighteenth-century restorations, it is today presented as a single -barreled vaulted hall (until the 1980 earthquake decorated with frescoes ) and a [...]
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12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 23rd 2018
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Ravello 2017
Holy Trinity Convent – Ravello
At the end of the path you can see the remains of the Holy Trinity Benedictine Monastery built in the 9th century to house young women from the noble families of Ravello.
Suppressed in 1811, by Royal Decree. Demolished in 1812.
Sadly the archaeological site and the viewpoint were inaccessible due to building works!
We were however able [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 22nd 2018
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 1:4 (KJV)
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 21st 2018
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Duomo – Ravello
The Duomo (Cathedral), renovated in 1786, was originally built in the 11th century at the request of Nicola Rufolo, owner of the adjacent Villa Rufolo. The Cathedral is dedicated to St. Pantaleone, the patron saint of the city.
The bronze embossed entrance door dates from 1179 and has 54 panels depicting scenes of the major mysteries [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jan 19th 2018
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Lichfield Cathedral
Bishop Hedda founded Lichfield’s first cathedral in 700 to house the relics of St Chad, the Bishop of Mercia who had come as a missionary and had died in 672. In his History of the English Church and People the venerable Bede retold the life of the saint and described his shrine. The Anglo-Saxon cathedral [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 3rd 2018
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 30th 2017
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Lichfield Cathedral – Starry Starry Night
15 Comments CherryPie on Dec 29th 2017
