Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Art, Heritage, Holidays, Ravello 2017
Situated among holm oaks, alder trees and chestnuts lies a natural cave displaying a statue of Eve.
Eve appears to turn, surprised, while her posture and that shy bringing of the hand to the face, communicate feelings of expectation and uneasiness. The technical skill of the sculptor is clear in the softness of the body, in [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 15th 2018
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The Temple of Bacchus is supported by eight Doric columns:
On the decorated traveation we can read the following inscription by Catallus: “Oquid solutes est beatius curis mens onus reponit ac peregrine labore fessi venimus larem ad nostrum desiteratosque acquiescimus lecto” (what is finer than, when work is done, with a mind free of every worry [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 13th 2018
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We proceed on our visit with our hearts full of joy and our spirits refreshed, down a steep lane which leads us to the Seat of Mercury, winged messenger to the gods, where we find a XVIIIth century bronze copy of “Hermes at rest”, a statue from the old school of Lisippo on display at [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2018
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There is a silence into which the world cannot intrude. There is an ancient peace you carry in your heart and have not lost.
From “a Course of Miracles”
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 11th 2018
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The spectacle which thus splendid, incomparable natural balcony, adorned with eighteenth century marble busts opens before the incredulous eyes of visitors truly comprehends something infinite but, any adjective to try and somehow describe this miracle of nature is ineffective. Casting your eyes down as far as the mountains of Cilento and the tip of Licosa, [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 10th 2018
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At the end of the picturesque terrace stands the Temple of Ceres, goddess of the Harvests. The pavilion marks the entrance to the Terrace of Infinity. On account of its location the Terrace of Infinity has earned the title of ‘the Doorway of the Sun’.*
You will have to wait until my next post for my [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 9th 2018
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Ravello 2017
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 8th 2018
