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100 viewsView North from the Monastery Hotel window.
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99 viewsPorta di Docciola, on the south-west of the town.
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98 viewsFloor tile images in the Duomo. Normally covered for their own protection, there are over 50 such images, virtually covering the floor. Poor natural light and banned flash and tripods make photography hard...
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98 viewsThe side-chapel, which today contains the manuscripts of the hymns the choir sang.The ceiling is magnificent.
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98 viewsThe side-chapel, which today contains the manuscripts of the hymns the choir sang. Each manuscript is huge because they were read by the choir from around 20 feet away.
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The group tucks into our first meal (of many) at the restaurant.98 views
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97 viewsThe Roman Theatre at night.
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97 viewsView back to Montieri from the main road.
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96 viewsLooking West down the Via Antonio Gramsci
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95 viewsSeen through columns... Saint Ansansus?? watches down on the crowds below.
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A Pizza Turnover.95 viewsTake normal pizza base & flop one semicircle over the other; cover in liquified tomatoes. Would have been nicer if the tomatoes hadn't made it soggy :-(
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94 viewsStatue of Guiseppe Garibaldi, the Italian partisan and hero, in the park of La Lizza ("The Lists", after its prior role in jousting, etc).
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94 viewsThe painting inside the baptistry is very beautiful. Damage to these was a result of the strange construction of the building.
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94 viewsFirst view of Montieri
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93 viewsInside the beautiful Church of Saint Michael (Casa San Michele). This mostly C19th interior is belied by a rather ugly exterior!
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Pope Pius II.93 viewsPope Pius II.
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92 viewsPiazza 20 Settembre looking towards the Torture museum.
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92 viewsLooking over the valley to the Santa Maria Hospital and the church of Santa Cristina in the distance
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