The frescoes on the wall of the cemetery are from the 14th and 15th centuries and were almost destroyed in 1944, when a fire melted lead onto them.
When the frescoes were removed from the walls for restoration after the 1944 fire, the underlying preparatory drawings or "sinopias" were discovered, and placed…
The last judgment and Inferno.
Sinopias of the Last judgment and Inferno.
The last judgment, 1336-1341.
Sinopia of the last judgment.
Sinopia of the last judgment.
Inferno, 1336-1341.
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
Sinopia of the inferno.
Inferno, 1336-1341.
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
Inferno, 1336-1341.
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
Inferno, 1336-1341.
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
Inferno, 1336-1341.
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
Inferno, 1336-1341.
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
Inferno, 1336-1341.
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
Closely linked to the Last Judgment by means of the “wide gate”, it sums up the medieval idea of condemnation to eternal fire “prepared for…
The triumph of Death, 1336-1341.
The triumph of Death, 1336-1341.
Sinopia of the Triumph of Death.
Sinopia of the Triumph of Death.
It was called Campo Santo because, due to the tradition according, after the Third Crusade, the land of this area was mixed…