TRAVEL: Italy, Bologna

On the pilgrim's path to Jerusalem, the ancient Santo Stefano complex of churches.  A cock on its column, made of stone and dating back to the 14th century,  is a biblical reference to Saint Peter's denial of Christ. 

Palazzo Bevilacqua, lived in by the same family who built it between 1477 and 1482.

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA

MUSEO DI PALAZZO POGGI 

Clockwise: 'Statue of a recumbent woman (Venerina - Little Venus), around 1782; Model of the 'Bien Aime', a third-rate ship, 18th century; Nicolo dell'Abate 'The tarot card game', 1550-1552; Frederick de Wit, 'Nova totjus terrarum orbis tabula', copper engraving, Amsterdam, 1705-1706.

Ceilings in the University

Atlas in Bologna ............................... Atlas in Paris