The Villa Farnesina:
The Loggia of Galatea, frescoed by Raphael.
The Loggia of Galatea, frescoed by Raphael.
Perseus beheading of Medusa.
The marriage of Cupid and Psyche.
The hall of perspectives.
Church of San Francesco a Ripa, dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, who lived here briefly:
I do love a good St. Joseph and Jesus.
St. Michael
Holy Family.
Santa Cecilia in Trastevere. Tradition holds that this church is built over the house
of St. Cecilia.
of St. Cecilia.
St. Cecilia has been named the patron saint of musicians. We just happened to visit the church while this group of Carmelite nuns were singing midday prayer. It was like St. Cecilia was playing some beautiful music to welcome us to her church.
Sneaky little cherub.
Martyrdom of St. Cecilia, by Stefano Maderno. Maderno recorded the body just as he saw it when the tomb was opened in 1599, revealing the saints perfectly preserved body.
Angels in the architecture.
A very beautiful tabernacle indeed.
"And Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them. For the kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these.'" -Mt. 19:14
Ceiling fresco of the coronation of St. Cecilia.
The church was strewn with her symbol of the organ.
The crypt. A hidden gem of a church beneath a church.
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