Monday, November 16, 2020

PALOMBARA SABINA

Altitude 372 m (1,220 feet). 11,000 inhabitants

It is famous for the production of cherries and oil

Ancient Palumbaria, property of the Savelli family since 1278, Borghese family since 1637 and Torlonia family since 1803

Castello Savelli

Savelli Castle

Tower of the eleventh century

Restored and enlarged during the sixteenth century

Chiesa dell'Annunziata

Church of the Annunciation

It was built during the Renaissance period and transformed during the Baroque period

MAIN ALTAR

"Annunciation" by Antonio Aquili aka Antoniazzo Romano (about 1435-40/1508)

"The critical judgment on Antoniazzo Romano was completely reversed compared to the moment when, at the end of the nineteenth century, he was rediscovered and described, however, as a conventional follower of the Umbrian school. Today instead he is considered a painter open to new things, capable of updating and develop the artistic languages ​​of central Italy, but essentially true to himself, in connection with the iconic and sacred tradition of the Roman medieval period" (Anna Cavallaro)

Chiesa di S. Biagio

Church of St. Blaise

2nd  CHAPEL ON THE LEFT

Wooden panel with "Redeemer" of the fourteenth century derived from the Sancta Sanctorum of the Lateran Palace

APSE

Wooden panel "Madonna with Child" also known as "Our Lady of the Snows" by Antonio del Massaro aka Antonio da Viterbo or Pastura (about 1450/1516)

S. Giovanni in Argentella

Outside Palombara, in a valley full of cherry trees

Formerly part of an abbey of the eighth century

FAÇADE

"Madonna with Child" in Byzantine style

BEGINNING OF THE RIGHT NAVE

Frescoes of the fourteenth century in Gothic-international style

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