Italy holiday April 2003
We went to visit friends in Italy for the pre-Easter holiday,
staying in
Turin and Bologna.
| Avigliana, west of Turin, San Michele in the distance |
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Sacra di San Michele, perched high above the valley |
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| Abbazia di Sant' Antonio di Ranverso, facade of the
church |
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Fresco of ship in porch of the church |
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| Cloister in San Giovanni, Saluzzo, south of Turin |
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Decoration in San Giovanni cloister |
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| Decoration in San Giovanni cloister |
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The Torri pendenti in the centre of Bologna |
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| Casa Isolani on the Strada Maggiore |
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Basilica di San Petronio on the Piazza Maggiore |
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| Portico, Piazza Cavour |
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Antique market outside San Stefano (our favourite group
of churches
in Bologna) |
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| Vicolo Malgrado - Bologna colours and cat |
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Bologna centre viewed from San Michele in Bosco |
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We had a great time visiting friends, but pretty awful
journeys there and
back, spending a lot of time at Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Bologna
airports!