Venice Carnival and the Dolomites in one trip. Part 8. Brescia
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25.02. 17. Brescia.
There are many cities near Venice that are more famous than Brescia - Verona, for example, Padua, Ferrara. Bologna is about the same distance from Venice.
But I have already been there on bus tours, and twice in Padua and Bologna. Therefore, for the Saturday trip, they chose the city of the "second echelon".
Drive to Brescia for an hour and a half.
Sights like in many cities - old churches, castle-fortress, market square, museums. The main museum, the museum, is most memorable here. But about him - in a separate story, he is worthy.
Church Santa Maria dei Miracoli. The interior was almost completely destroyed by bombing in March 1945. (And who bombed them, we remember). Fortunately, the white marble faç ade was then fortified and preserved. The portal is from the 15th century, the middle part and the top are from the 16th century (these circles are a sign of the Renaissance), the side parts are from the 17th century.
Just around the corner is the Church of San Francesco d'Assisi. She is much older, 13th century. Romano-Gothic faç ade with rose window:
The interior is more recent, lush to the point of ripples in the eyes.
Cozy Renaissance patio:
Beautiful and not so beautiful houses of Brescia:
Special Italian architectural style of the time of Mussolini:
I'm ashamed of Italy:
Saturday is market day.
This is Italy. Although sometimes it seems not.
Palazzo della Loggia - Renaissance palace, now city hall:
Palazzo del Governo – Provincial administration:
Symbolic:
Who would believe it's February?
The most beautiful part of the city:
In the highest part of the city there is a castle-fortress.
But I didn't want to go any higher.
Olga carried on, and here, on the bench, basking in the spring-winter sun, I spent a delightful half an hour.
As befits a decent Italian city, there are ancient Roman ruins here. Temple of the time of Titus Flavius (1st century AD):
We walked along this street to the museum, where we spent three hours, which was still not enough.
And after the museum, only out of a sense of duty, the New and Old Cathedrals were visited.
New - 17th-19th centuries. The dome is the third largest in Italy. There is nothing more to say.
The Old Cathedral is much more interesting.
It was built in the 11th-12th centuries on the ruins of an older early Christian temple, and has the shape of a rotunda, that is, round in plan.
Interesting architecture:
Near the main entrance there is a sarcophagus, so interesting that I wanted to look for its description on the Internet. This is Berardo Maggi, who was the bishop and ruler of Brescia at the end of the 13th century.
The sarcophagus is made of red Verona marble.
The scene of the conclusion of peace in 1298 between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, facilitated by the bishop.
In the general happy atmosphere of the achieved peace, the people rejoice, embrace, kiss. What we want.
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