Padua Day 2

The Scrovegni Frescoes - this is the opposite end of the Church to Rower's Blip.  They were painted by Giotto between 1303-1305.  There are plenty of images on line if you want to see the detail.  The other wonderful thing was that you could take as many photos and do a much video as you wanted.  The building was really  brightly lit, so obviously no flash allowed.

One of those situations where you are left literally speechless.  And this is the honest truth - if I were given the option to visit either the Sistine Chapel or the Scrovegni Chapel, I'd chose Scrovegni any day.  Max limit of people is 20 per tour and you are allowed 15-20 minutes to gaze open mouthed and marvel at these extraordinary frescoes.  Utterly utterly breathtaking.

In extras are a few images from the attached Museum - which was another gob-smacking experience.  

There was a modern fibre art exhibition by Olimpia Biasi (and this is included for FreidaQuilter); a piece of exquisite Roman Glass that is more than 2000 years old; an image of the frescoes in the church next door in the Eremitani Chapel - this broke my heart.  The dark bits are pieces that were rescued from a pile of rubble after the building was bombed by the Allies in WWII.  Apparently the Germans had their headquarters right next door.  The brighter bits are the computerised reimaging of what it looked like before the bomb hit.  

To end on a lighter note, the last image is of a sign that declares no entry to unauthorised persons.  Obviously doesn't include cats.