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Chiesa di San Domenico

  • December 19, 2000
  • Rated 3 of 5 by Tavia from New York, New York
Chiesa di San Domenico

I came across this church after getting lost in the university district. I had walked from Piazza Ravegnana through some side streets and then south along via Castiglione, when I hit the old city gate I turned north again up Viale XII Giugno. The university district is so lovely -- typically full of those red buildings and hidden piazzas and hilly narrow cobbled streets. I wanted to be a student again so I could sign up at this university, sit around in the old warm buildings with the handsome students I saw walking about, and talk philosophy, history, literature and art. The walk back up the Viale was equally as pleasant, and made my thoughts turn to how nice it would be to live in Bologna with a bit of money, for here I saw more stately homes, many trees lining the street, wide windows, and the seat of the local court system (Piazza dei Tribunali). Passing this piazza (and many bars named after judges and the Tribunale, where I imagine all the lawyers run to catch a snack while the judges are deliberating), I encountered the Chiesa de San Domenico. There was a lovely senior citizen couple sitting at thebase of this pillar with a statue on top, they were just chatting taking in the lst afternoon sun. The chruch itself is the seat of the Dominican order of priests in this city, and it is again in red brick. Inside you can find a fresco by Lippi (these famous artists just crop up everywhere in Italy). The stained galss rosette above the door is stunning, too, when viewed from inside when there is full sun. As I was taking this picture, I was almost run over by a motorist, probably a lawyer rushing to court. I didn't quite capture it, but there was the most delicious light out that day. From there I continued up via Garibaldi back to the city center.

From journal Una gita a Bologna

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