Monday, February 1, 2010

The Scaliger tombs


The Scaliger Tombs (Italian: Arche scaligere) is a group of five Gothic funerary monuments in Verona celebrating the Scaliger family, who ruled in Verona from the 13th to the late 14th century... (Wikipedia, read more...)

8 comments:

brattcat said...

Haunting composition.

Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...

These are impressive. They don't build gravestones like this anymore.

Stevenson Q said...

Valeria! This Photo send me shivers! Beautiful is an understatement to such Emotional and Dramatic Photo! I Love it! Bellississima!

Steven^^

Babzy.B said...

Very gothic shot , well done :)

Lowell said...

People are funny. Even in death they think they need fancy housing! And isn't it interesting that whatever they used to be means very little. They are dead.

James Mark said...

Now that is a dramatic picture! Thanks for calling in to Whitby and for your kind comment.

Virginia said...

Oh this is startling yet so very beautiful. Wonderful.
V

arabesque said...

sharp, detailed photo.

Beautiful architecture!

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