Viterbo: churches

From Romanesque to Baroque, Viterbo has lots of churches.

Santa Maria Nuova (the New Church, below) was Bill's favorite with its Romanesque architecture and spoglia as columns.  In 1266 Thomas Aquinas preached from the pulpit (according to Wikipedia).

I don't know what the name of the following church is, 

but the tower was picking up the rosy glow from the setting sun.

Viterbo: towers

A medieval town is just not a town without its towers, and Viterbo either has lots of them or we were walking around in circles (I know we did that at least once). It is highly likely that I rephotographed some of them, but since the light changed throughout the day, I guess that's OK. Anyway, here are my favorite shots.

I like the shadow of the cross on the tower below.

Viterbo: City walls

We have had a recent spate of raining days here (e.g., Cinecitta'), so we took advantage of a sunny day and visited Viterbo. I took a slew of pictures, so this series of blogs will be broken down into the following topics: walls, towers, churches, miscellany, buildings, laundry, and skies.

Viterbo is a medieval city, recommended to us by our friend, Anne Marie Candido. So let's start with the medieval walls.

Cinecitta': Back lots

We had a guided tour through the streets of ancient Rome for the miniseries Rome, Florence, New York's Gangs of New York, and Jerusalem. Here are some of the pictures.

The above pictures are from Rome and show the public places.

Below are the back streets where the poorer citizens lived.

Next is the scaffolding for the set of Jerusalem. We actually went into the full set behind but were not allowed to take pictures because the movie is in production.

On the left is a scene from Gangs of New York, while on the 

left is a view that we could photograph of Jerusalem.

Welcome to Florence!

Above and below: spoglia, Cinecitta' style!

(Styrofoam)

And so ends our visit to Cinecitta'.