Italy-Umbria

Pale. The hermitage of Santa Maria Giacobbe, built around 1200 to worship ‘Maria Jacobi’, one of the pious women supposed to have been present at the cucifixion of Christ. The small church was restored in 1712 and is decorated with frescoes that can be divided into votive and ornamental painting. Hewn directly from the rock of the cliffside, the vault has been frescoed by a painter imitating the Senese school. The dominant figure is Christ in the act of blessing

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Pale. The hermitage of Santa Maria Giacobbe, built around 1200 to worship ‘Maria Jacobi’, one of the pious women supposed to have been present at the cucifixion of Christ. The small church was restored in 1712 and is decorated with frescoes that can be divided into votive and ornamental painting. Hewn directly from the rock of the cliffside, the vault has been frescoed by a painter imitating the Senese school. The dominant figure is Christ in the act of blessing