Giotto

July 2, 2015
2 July is the Feast of the Visitation , which is recounted in Luke 1:39-57 .

March 25, 2015
March 25 marks the Feast of the Annunciation, commemorating Gabriel’s visit to Mary with the message that she would bear the Son of God.

January 13, 2015
Today (13 January) is the traditional Feast of the Baptism of Christ, though it is now typically observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany (in 2015 it was celebrated on January 11 ).

October 9, 2014
Word of the day: aia (Italian)

October 3, 2014
October 3 marks the anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi in 1226.

January 22, 2014
esperanzapinatelli : Giotto, Vault of Scrovegni Chapel, Padua (Fresco, 1305) detail

January 13, 2014
Today is the traditional Feast of the Baptism of Christ, though it is now typically observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany (in 2014 it was celebrated on January 12 ).

October 2, 2013
October 3 marks the death of St. Francis of Assisi in 1226.

July 24, 2013
Facelift for marble façades in Florence’s Piazza del Duomo.