One thing lacking in the US is the evidence of a history bygone. There are no ruins, nor are there incomplete projects - everything is tidy. Italy (and presumably a vast majority of the world) exhibits the opposite. There's lots of overlapping and built records of history. One of the most extraordinary examples of this is the nave addition to Siena's Cathedral. In 1348 the plague thwarted Siena's ambitions, including the completion of the nave. What's left, well you can see below.
view from atop the nave wall of the Duomo di Siena
3 comments:
Woah - where did that center one come from?
Yeah, the center one is stunning!!!
up on the nave wall that you can see in the photo below - just looking up at the arch above
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