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<blockquote data-quote="Blue439" data-source="post: 823574" data-attributes="member: 53455">The abbey church of Sant’ Antimo in Tuscany (2012). One of my colleagues at the firm, hearing that I was going on a Summer vacation trip to Italy, told me not to miss that, and I’m so glad he did, as I hadn’t planned on including it. The church holds many treasures, including an astounding 12th century (!) wooden statue of Christ on the Cross.And of course, here too you recognize the bandes lombardes I told you about... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; So, you see, those master masons and architects from Lake Como spread their knowledge and their art through Italy as well, and in fact through most of Europe, and I hear through the Middle East too, going in with the Crusaders. I mean to go to Armenia in the not too distant future and I will be interested to see if I can spot traces of them there —although I suspect most of Armenia’s churches are older than that.Nikon D3S, Nikkor 24-70mm, ƒ/2.8 G lens, handheld.[ATTACH=full]409655[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue439, post: 823574, member: 53455"] The abbey church of Sant’ Antimo in Tuscany (2012). One of my colleagues at the firm, hearing that I was going on a Summer vacation trip to Italy, told me not to miss that, and I’m so glad he did, as I hadn’t planned on including it. The church holds many treasures, including an astounding 12th century (!) wooden statue of Christ on the Cross. And of course, here too you recognize the [I]bandes lombardes[/I] I told you about... :) So, you see, those master masons and architects from Lake Como spread their knowledge and their art through Italy as well, and in fact through most of Europe, and I hear through the Middle East too, going in with the Crusaders. I mean to go to Armenia in the not too distant future and I will be interested to see if I can spot traces of them there —although I suspect most of Armenia’s churches are older than that. Nikon D3S, Nikkor 24-70mm, ƒ/2.8 G lens, handheld. [ATTACH type="full"]409655[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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