Tuesday 25 April 2023

Stage 40: Montefiascone to Viterbo. Roman road and a mummy. Part 2.

On through the unprepossessing streets of the city to a city gate, and then the search for gelato culminated in a three-flavour sundae at Nono Ugo's place. Then a leisurely stroll around the main streets 
until climbing up to the Church of Santa Rosa, which was fascinating. It features the mummified remains of a thirteenth century teenager, and an exhibition of the extraordinary annual celebrations of her sainthood on 2 September, involving the transport of a 5 ton 
macchina through the streets.

My photos of the day may look romantically blurred as a result of a greasy smudge on the lens…

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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous27 April 2023 at 13:22

    You could have claimed the blurring as a deliberate soft-focus technique!

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  2. Anonymous27 April 2023 at 15:04

    Sorry about this, but hauling 5 tons?

    What can one say but, very dumb stupid?

    ReplyDelete

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