An hour later, we're at Sorano, another beautiful hill town. |
Anything notable about those satellite dishes? |
The Orsini castle and fortress |
Note that satellite dishes must fit Tuscany orange-red roof colors :-) |
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My foot blister from Sistine Chapel heat stopped my exploring further here :-) |
View from stairway windows |
Is this a beautiful town or what? Note visitors at top right. |
Mary Ann explored up there though. |
She obviously enjoyed it but said I didn't miss that much. |
Orsini fortress plaza clock - Leopold's Rock |
Surrounding countryside is really lush! |
The nun was quite far away. Used the 300mm (480mm equiv)) on Rebel XT. |
Too much of a good thing? |
This bird was constantly flying from ledge to ledge. |
Resting pigeon |
This was also far away in town below. Used 300mm telephoto. |
This is detail from prior photo. |
More lush town surroundings |
Sovana, from my cafe seat, during drizzle. |
Thought this an interesting napkin dispenser. |
Sovena Cathedral |
Sovena Cathedral's main entrance |
Blue-green bell in tower above |
Sovena Cathedral's central nave. Flash On |
Sovena Cathedral's central nave. Flash off |
Decorated columns. |
Another view of this area |
Fresco detail from left bottom of previous photo |
Beautiful little organ |
Ceiling - couldn't get a good shot |
Ceiling - Other one has solider image. |
Went back to main entrance after visiting church |
Door itself, Romanesque style 11th-13th C church |
Detail on door. Church was built atop older existing structure-6th C? |
Sovana. I loved this kid's constant delight. |
Sovana, 2 blocks from Cathedral |
Rocca Aldobrandeschi or Rocca Aldobrandesca |
A tufa cave, paths cut out, manually, from soft mountain rock |
The exit of a tufa cave between two carved out walls |
The size of a finger tip !! A baby mouse on cave wall. |
Very porous tufa stone |
Tufa cave walls, interestingly curved |
These were in an area close to the tufa walled road. |
Inadvertently left ISO on 800 after dark cave area! |
So sweet. Wish I had used the right ISO ! |
Near the tufa cave paths. |
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