26 August 2011

summer snippets

Local festival for St Anna earlier in the summer:
 

 

 

 


The ruins of the walled town once the home of the family of Thomas Aquinas 

Inside the abbey at Monte Cassino, photos in the crypt under the main cathedral. This was not destroyed by the bombing in 1944 

 

and in the carpark outside the abbey
(see previous post for link to the car) 

A painting and the church dedicated in 1741 in the town of Arce 

 

A presepe in the grotto at Pastena 

and a general photo inside the caves 

summery scene at Sperlonga
 

Tempio di Giove (see previous post) at Terracina 

Aquino sunset at the Chiesa S Maria della Libera 

 

Roccasecca from Castello 

la musica
 

Filming (they said no photos after I had taken them) at La Reggia, Caserta) you saw it first here...
 

Modern art in the ancient palace at Caserta, exhibition of Italian art spanning the last 150 years. 

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Today I am grateful for a cool refuge.

1 comment:

Helen said...

Absolutely magical