Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “religious tourism”
When director Anthony Mingella set sight on the former Benedictine monastery of Sant’Anna in Camprena, a little town outside Pienza, he knew he had found the perfect place to shoot the scenese where a convalescing English patient reveals his tragic past to his nurse in the film The English Patient. The interior features frescoes by Sodoma (1477-1549). Guests can now …
Palladio: 2008 is the 500th of the birth of the great neo-classical architect, Andrea Palladio. Celebrations are planned throughout the Veneto region where Palladio designed his famous villas and churches. The city of Vicenza will also host events and exhibitions. Paid subscribers can learn more about Vicenza and a fantastic local guide in Adventures in the Veneto, a DOI article …
Looks like religion and technology have collided again in Italy. Italians – and indeed many Catholics around the world – are known for carrying small pictures (called santini) of saints in their wallets. That may be a thing of the past sometime soon as Reuters reports that a new Web site, santiprotettori.com is now offering to send one of a …
Abruzzo has so many facets and one of them is that is an incredible place for seeing religious relics. Here’s an excerpt from our special report: The town of Lanciano is home to the first Eucharistic miracle recorded by the Catholic Church. During an 8th century mass, after the consecration, the host was turned into human flesh and the wine …
