Church San Gottardo in Piedmont, Italy

Facade of church, Santa Maria Novella Church, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Fountain near a church, Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Low angle view of church, Church Of Santa Croce, Lecce, Apulia, Italy

Tourists in front of church, Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Veneto, Venice, Italy

Low angle view of church, Basilica Of Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

High section view of church, Basilica Di Santa Croce, Lecce, Apulia, Italy

Santa Maria Nuova cathedral, Monreale, Italy

People in church, Cappella Borghese, Santa Maria Maggiore, Piazza Santa Maria, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Popes altar in church, Santa Maria Maggiore, Piazza Santa Maria, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Close-up of Bocca della Verita relief in church, Santa Maria Church, Comedin, Rome, Italy

Church in city lit up at night, River Arno, Church of Santa Croce, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy, Europe

Artifacts - Relief - Italy Relief from the pulpit in Santa Leonardo at Florence. End of the 12th Century.

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Tomb of the Cardinal of Portugal. Executed in marble by Antonio Rosselino. Santa Miniato near Florence.

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Tomb of Alessandro Vittoria, executed in Marble by the Artist himself. Santa Zaccaria at Venice.

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy The Empress Elizabeth, Mother of Conradin, (claimant to the throne of Sicily) Santa Maria del Carmine at Naples. c. 1250

Artifacts - Relief - Italy Relief from the Pulpit in Santa Croce - the church of the Fransiscan order at Florence and the finest example of Italian Gothic architectural style, by Benedetto da Majano (1442-1498).

Architecture - Italy - line art Detail Gothic/Renaissance Wall decoration in Santa Croce - the church of the Franciscan order at Florence and the finest example of Italian Gothic architectural style (begun in 1294 and finished in 1442). The Renaissance -

Architecture - Italy - line art Elevation Mannerist/Renaissance Cloister of Santa Maria Della Pace in Rome. Among the artists and architects who worked on this building were Pietro Di Cortona (1596-1669) and Francesco Albani (1578-1660). Mannerism was an

Architecture - Italy - line art Detail Renaissance Capital of Pilaster. Marble. Santa Maddalena de` Pazzi at Florence. By Giuliano da San Gallo (1445-1516). A Pilaster is a rectangular, decorative column that projects beyond the surface of the wall. Gen

Artifacts - Terra-cotta - Italy The Death of the Virgin, a group in terra-cotta by Alfonso Lombardi. Oratory near Santa Maria del Vita. Bologna. 1519. This piece was created in the year Leonardo Da Vinci and Lucretiat Borgia died and Herman Cortes intr

Artifacts - Metal - Italy Early Christian Cross from the Catacombs of Santa Ponziano, c. 450AD Early Roman converts to Christianity faced brutal suppression and punishment in pagan Rome. They held services in the underground catacombs beneath the city.

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy From the Tomb of Cardinal Sforza by Andrea Sansovino (1467-1529) in Santa Maria del Popolo at Rome 1505. The sculptor`s original name was Andrea Contucci. He was born in the year the Turks first conquered Herzegovina, intro

Architecture - Italy - line art (f3) Section Renaissance The church of Santa Maria della Croce near Crema, by Giovanni Battagli c. 1490-1500. The Renaissance -- the revival of arts and literature under the influence of classical (Greek & Roman) models i

Church Santa Pieta, Cannobio, Italy