Uploads from vtveen, tagged lombardia

Italy - Bergamo, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:05:09 -0800

vtveen posted a photo:

One of the many 16th century paintings in the basilica: Ultima cena / Last supper / Laatste avondmaal (thank you 'John Steedman').

Who knows the name of the painter ????

Italy - Bergamo, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore and Cappella Colleoni

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:06:04 -0800

vtveen posted a photo:

Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore and Cappella Colleoni (right hand side), seen from Piazza Vecchia (old square).

Italy - Bergamo, Cappella Colleoni

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:05:20 -0800

vtveen posted a photo:

Facade of the Cappella Colleoni; the interior has the tomb of 'condottiere' Bartolomeo Colleoni.

Italy - Castellaro Lagusello, Clock Tower

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:22:32 -0800

vtveen posted a photo:

Torre Campanaria (called Clock Tower) in Castellaro Lagusello.

Italy - San Martino della Battaglia, Cappella Ossario

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:23:29 -0800

vtveen posted a photo:

Cappella Ossario, in this chapel-charnel house are more than thousand skulls and bones gathered of 2.619 dead; victims of The Battle of San Martino-Solferino (1859).

Italy - Lago Maggiore / Laveno

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:02:43 -0700

vtveen posted a photo:

Laveno, seen from the car ferry Laveno - Intra.

Italy- Sacro Monte di Varese

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:00:31 -0700

vtveen posted a photo:

Interior of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Monte.

Italy- Sacro Monte di Varese

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:55:40 -0700

vtveen posted a photo:

Basilica of Santa Maria del Monte, bell tower.

Italy- Sacro Monte di Varese

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:59:32 -0700

vtveen posted a photo:

Some of the 14 chapels along the path to the top of the Sacro Monte.

Italy - Bergamo Cathedral

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:08:33 -0700

vtveen posted a photo:

Looking towards the main altar of the Bergamo Cathedral.

Italy - Bergamo Cathedral

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:09:52 -0700

vtveen posted a photo:

Dome of the Bergamo Cathedral (15th century) with the frescoes 'Glory of Saint Alexander' and on the pendentives the four Major Prophets - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Daniel and Ezekiel.

Italy - Bergamo, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:06:21 -0800

vtveen posted a photo:

The sumptuously decorated - paintuings, frescoes and tapestries - interior.

Italy - Desenzano del Garda, Porto Vecchio

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:24:51 -0800

vtveen posted a photo:

The old port of Desenzano del Garda, looking towards Lake Garda.

Italy - Desenzano del Garda, Porto Vecchio

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:28:35 -0800

vtveen posted a photo:

The old port of Desenzano del Garda by night (background: Todeschini Palace).

Italy - Lake Garda, Limone sul Garda

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:03:49 -0800

vtveen posted a photo:

The old port of Limone sul Garda.

Italy, Lake Garda, Pieve di Tremosine

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:06:41 -0800

vtveen posted a photo:

Pieve di Tremosine with some of the terraces of the thrill.

Italy - Lake Garda, Limone sul Garda

nobody@flickr.com (vtveen) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:34:08 -0800

vtveen posted a photo:

The name Limone sul Garda is most probably derived from the Latin word 'limes', which means boundary. Originally referring to the border between Austria and Venice, but nowadays to the provinces Brescia and Trentino.

(Nevertheless there are a lot of lemon cultivations and in the village you can see lemons 'everywhere')