A forthcoming title that may be of interest to our readers. Available at Amazon.com • Naples as Laboratory: Style Options, Artistic Rivalry,...

The Meditation on the Passion , ca. 1490, oil and tempera on wood, Vittore Carpaccio Thought I’d share a few bonus pics from our visi...

b. 3 December 1883 — d. 13 January 1973 Signore misericordioso, Ti ringraziamo di avercelo dato per Maestro, ed offriamo a Te oggi il nostro...

Holy Family with an Angel , ca. 1490, tempera on canvas, transferred from wood, Raffaellino del Garbo Dómine Jesu Christe, qui Mariæ et Jose...

b. Napoli, 12 January 1751 – d. Napoli, 4 January 1825 In memory of King Ferdinando I of the Two Sicilies, we pray for the happy repose of h...

b. Palermo, 12 January 1810 — d. Caserta, 22 May 1859 In memory of King Ferdinando II of the Two Sicilies, we pray for the happy repose of h...

Looking for some new and worthwhile fantasy to watch, I find myself cautiously anticipating A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms , set to premiere...

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In Napoli

Pope St. Agatho, ora pro nobis January 10th is the feast of St. Agatho (c. 577–681), Pope. Elected to the Roman See in 678, his pontificate ...

I dug up a couple of my lyric vignettes to share—small moments gathered in cafés, where ritual and chance still linger. One returns, again a...

A new title that may be of interest to our readers. Available at Amazon.com • Carthaginians and Sicily by Andrzej Dudziński Publisher: Rout...

See Part I , Part II The Tomb of  Doña  Mencía Enr í quez de Toledo (d. 1479), Duchess of Alburquerque and second wife of Don Beltrán de la ...