Federico II Gonzaga, the ruler of Mantua, decided one day that he wants to have a nice summer residence, and he commissioned Palazzo del Te, completed in 1525-1534 by an architect and painter Giulio Romano, pupil of Raphael. I have once mentioned Giulio Romano before, in a post on erotic…
Spire of Notre Dame in Paris
A fire in cathedral Notre Dame in Paris that occurred on April 15th 2019 was a shock to entire World; I have also followed all the news about fight with this fire, and now I wait for detail information on what has been damaged and what survived. What is left…
Medieval low-budget solutions
Cracow Cathedral on Wawel hill is one of the most important churches in Poland; it is a great gothic building, created (in present form) in the 14th century. Unfortunately, even in case of such a high-profile investment (also in political terms), and in spite of spreading its completion for several…