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Ravenna, Italy

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | May 21, 2018

Ravenna was once an important Roman port city.  As Christianity spread across Europe, the churches of Ravenna catalogued the shift from Byzantine to Renaissance art.  Ravenna’s mosaics are famous examples of very early church decoration but they are not the only things worth seeing in this small town. Here are some pictures that show this…

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Parma Extended

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | May 16, 2018

The Parma Cathedral The Baptistry at the Cathedral The ceiling of St. John’s depicting the last living apostle with the others in the clouds of heaven The ceiling of the library at St. John’s (a nice place to study, right?)

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Modena: San Barnaba

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | May 14, 2018

A tiny little local church in Modena, not even on the tourist sites.  Wonderful place for meditation.  Only three other people were in the church.

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Basilica della Beata Vergine della Ghiara

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | May 13, 2018

Ceilings dedicated to the women of the Torah.  Amazing place here in this little city of Reggio Emilia.

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Time Flying

By Skip Moen, Ph.D. | May 11, 2018

Two clocks in the Doge Palace in Venice, keeping time for several hundred years.  I guess I’m not so old after all.

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