Main chapel

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Main chapel
Santa Corona
Contrà Santa Corona
Vicenza, May 2025

“The altar, from 1667–69, is the work of inlayers in precious stones, the Florentine Corbarelli, who also built the small temple above the altar in 1670–71. The grandiose complex stands isolated on three steps, adorned with inlays and geometric and floral motifs. The small temple rises from a base decorated with cherubim and consists of two orders of red marble Corinthian columns. The dome is topped by an image of the Redeemer. On the lower tabernacle door is painted the Resurrection; on the rear tabernacle door, the Christ dead with the Sorrowful Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and the Eternal Father to whom an angel offers the chalice. Flanking the doors are cornucopias. The apse’s stained glass windows, from Munich, date to the late 19th century. Every surface of the altar is adorned with polychrome inlays of precious marbles, lapis lazuli, corals, carnelians, and mother-of-pearl. The frames feature small animals, flowers, cherubs, objects related to the Passion, as well as houses, cottages, churches, and small landscapes.” (Santa Corona, Wikipedia)

Los Molinillos by Ángel Cañizares

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Los Molinillos by Ángel Cañizares
Avenida Antonio Machado
Benalmádena, March 2025

“This roundabout is located at the junction of Avenida Antonio Machado and Avenida Federico García Lorca. A crossroads of poets in front of Santa Ana beach, a few metres from the Roman site of Los Molinillos, it is decorated by a series of masts similar to those of a sailing ship with coloured windmills that move in the wind. Clearly playful in tone, this sculptural ensemble was designed by Ángel Cañizares, architect and film set designer of unforgettable films by Samuel Bronston, such as ‘55 Days at Peking’ ‘Papillon’, ‘Doctor Zhivago’, among others.” (Rotonda de los Molinillos, Benalmádena Turismo)

Ponte di Ferro

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Ponte di Ferro
Via Patriarcato
Padua, May 2025

“You'll see an iron bridge in front of you, where a wooden bridge had previously stood since the 13th century. It was rebuilt in the 16th century, and in 1828, Italy's first suspension bridge with wire ropes was inaugurated. Unfortunately, this bridge was little used and left to decay, although the current bridge, a pedestrian walkway, still has its charm. With its street lamps at the entrances and its Art Nouveau arch, this wrought iron bridge, built in 1881, reminds me a bit of a famous bridge in Dublin, a splendid wrought iron bridge, the Ha'Penny Bridge.” (Una passeggiata nella ‘vecchia Padova’ lungo i canali e sotto ai ‘porteghi’, Blog di Padova)

Templo Nacional de Santa Teresa de Jesús

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Templo Nacional de Santa Teresa de Jesús
Plaza de España, Moncloa - Aravaca
Madrid, September 2025

“The National Temple of Saint Teresa of Jesus is a Catholic temple located in the Plaza de España in Madrid and belonging to the Carmelite order. With the name National Temple of Saint Teresa of Jesus and Convent of the Discalced Carmelite Fathers it was declared an asset of cultural interest on December 20, 1995. From 1965 to 2015 it was the headquarters of the Parish of Saint Teresa and Saint Joseph, for which the temple is also known by that name.” (Templo Nacional de Santa Teresa de Jesús y Convento de los Padres Carmelitas Descalzos, Wikipedia)

Palazzina Indiano

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Palazzina Indiano
Piazzale dell'Indiano
Parco delle Cascine (Cascine Park)
Florence, January 2025

“The Palazzina Indiano (sometimes also called the Palazzina dell'Indiano or Palazzina ex Indiano) is a historic stone building located downstream, in the western area of the Cascine park in Florence. It was built in 1872 as a public café near the confluence of the Arno and the Mugnone rivers and close to the pedestrian bridge that crosses the latter. It takes its name from the fact that the ashes of the Indian prince Rajaram Chuttraputti were scattered here in 1870, in whose honour a funerary monument was also built.” (Palazzina Indiano, Wikipedia)

Santos Justo y Pastor

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Iglesia de los Santos Justo y Pastor
Plaza de San Justo
Segovia, September 2025

“The church of Saints Justo and Pastor is a Catholic church located in Segovia, Spain, near the Plaza del Azoguejo, on the other side of the aqueduct. It is a Romanesque church built in the 12th century on the remains of a hermitage that was originally dedicated to the Christ of the Gascons. Its Romanesque paintings are significant. The temple, located in the Plaza de San Justo, is built of masonry. It displays typical Romanesque architectural elements. It has one of the most outstanding towers in Segovia, in which there are openings with columns and two doorways, one of them closed to the outside and only visible from the inside, and the other polychrome and belonging to the late Romanesque.” (Iglesia de los Santos Justo y Pastor, Wikipedia)

Palazzetto Fontana al Teatro Romano

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Palazzetto Fontana al Teatro Romano
Lungadige Rigaste Redentore
Verona, May 2025

“The entrance to the archaeological area and the museum is through Palazzo Fontana, a Renaissance building which has incorporated significant remains of the stage building of the ancient Roman theatre of Verona, which are still easily observable and distinguishable today. The building, so called after the name of the family who lived there in the eighteenth century and who conducted the archaeological excavations of the theatre, has on the ground floor the ticket office and an introductory room to the archaeological site, while on the upper floors there are some classrooms for laboratory activities, intended in particular for the use of school groups.” (Museo archeologico al teatro romano, Wikipedia)