Sunday Churces

Rome, Vatican, Michelangelo

The Sistine Chapel. "Last Judgement"  1541

Holy Monastery of Gonia, Kolymbari of Kissamos, Chania, Crete.

Icon: The Second Coming. Painting by Dimitriou Papadopoulou. 1792

Holy Monastery of Gonia, Kolymbari of Kissamos, Chania, Crete.

Virgin the Merciful (Middle of 17th century)

The statue of the Virgin of Candelaria –often called Our Lady of Candelaria – carries a child in one hand and a green candle in the other, representing the supposed apparition of the Virgin Mary in Tenerife.

Rome

 

The Basilica of St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven.  Rome, Italy

Seny by Luigi in Brescia, Italy

 on 21 Mar, 2015

travel time 12 days

distance travelled 2,047 km

receive on 2 Apr, 2015

The Statue of Constantine

Rome - Fragment of the Statue of Constantine, Pal. dei Conservatori

Photo: Giancarlo Gasponi

The Colossus of Constantine was a colossal acrolithic statue of the late Roman emperor Constantine the Great (c. 280–337) that once occupied the west apse of the Basilica of Maxentius near the Forum Romanum in Rome. Portions of the Colossus now reside in the Courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori of the Musei Capitolini, on the Capitoline Hill, above the west end of the Forum.

The great head, arms and legs of the Colossus were carved from white marble, while the rest of the body consisted of a brick core and wooden framework, possibly covered with gilded bronze. Judging by the size of the remaining pieces, the seated, enthroned figure would have been about 12 meters (40 feet) high. The head is about 2½ meters high and each foot is over 2 meters long. (Wikipedia)

Palazzo dei Conservatori on rakennus Piazza del Campidoglion laidalla Capitoliumissa Roomassa. Nykyään se on yksi Musei Capitolinin kolmesta rakennuksesta. Palazzo dei Conservatori rakennettiin 1300-luvulla. Palatsin alakerroksessa toimi ammattikuntien toimipaikka ja oikeusistuin. 1520-luvulla palatsi uudistettiin Piazza del Campidoglion ohella Michelangelon suunnitelmien mukaisesti. Palatsiin on sijoitettu paavi Sixtus IV:n vuonna 1471 perustama taidekokoelma.

Museon kokoelma on karttunut ajan myötä. Paikkansa museosta ovat saaneet Konstantinus Suuren pää ja käsi, jotka ovat säilyneet osat antiikin aikaisesta, yli 10 metriä korkeasta veistoksesta, sekä Romulusta ja Remusta imettävä Capitoliumin naarassusi. Myös aiemmin palatsin edustan aukiolla sijainnut alkuperäinen Marcus Aureliuksen ratsastajapatsas on löytänyt paikkansa Palazzo dei Conservatorista. (Wikipedia)

Received from Liliya, St.Petersburg, Russia

Distance: 538 km

Travel time: 10 days