Adventures of a teenage author...

This is Marta, author of the Darkwoods series and of Marta's Blog. I created this blog specifically for blogging about my 2015 study abroad adventures in Europe, but it's becoming the blog for all my travels. I hope you enjoy all the pictures and stories!

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Day 3 - Orvieto's Duomo

Afternoon of Day 3, we went inside the glorious cathedral. Inside, the walls are striped much like the outside.





There are two side chapels, and we listened to a lecture by Dr. Skillen in one of them. The inside shows a fresco cycle of the end times and then judgment day, but the ceiling shows Heaven after Judgment Day. Four of the panels show part of the liturgy called the Te Deum Laudamus, which translates, "We praise You, oh Lord." Four of the lines go, "The glorious company of the Apostles praise thee; The goodly fellowship of the Prophets praise thee; the noble army of martyrs praise thee; the holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee." The ceiling over the altar in the chapel showed these lines.








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  1. These old cathedrals are so ornate, huge, and awesome.
    Can you imagine how long it took to build the place, or how long it took to make all the artwork?

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    1. In the case of the Duomo, it took over a hundred years. The original artist painting the frescoes was called away by the pope, so it took a long time for the citizens of Orvieto to find a suitable replacement.

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