Chiesa di Santa Maria ad Nives

The falling bell of St. Mary in snow

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The original early Christian basilica at the place of the church of St. Mary in the snow near the historical center of the ancient Faenza was founded in the VI century. Since the XI century the temple belonged to the Order of Benedictines and ...

A magnificent medieval clock

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Some high-median and old sources show that the ancient cathedral of Faenza was destroyed by the Longobardi of Liutprando, who sacked the city in the VIII century. The faints would therefore have cos...

“To be seen”

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From the sixth/seventh century, as the beautiful columns on the sides of the entry show, and straight into the course of the centuries from various religious orders, to end up to the Benedict monks. In the second half ...

My parish ......

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How can I not recensure the parish where I spent much of my teenage and not only. I was married years ago .... I think it is the only church with the eight-year-old clock, qu ...

Santa Maria Church in Nives

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We have made us tours of churches inside and outside the walls. Then visit the church of Santa Maria in Nives, of ancient origins (second-second), which, as often happened, is st...