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Art with an edge – Museo Cappella Sansevero

A look back (first published 31 October 2014)

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DSC01678I love art – not in an expert way, just in a ‘this amazes me’ way.  Two weeks ago we visited a statue that seemed to have barely stopped breathing – ‘The Veiled Christ’ in the Museo Cappella Sansevero in Naples, Italy.

It was a mini Indiana Jones of an event.

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Where to go when the words fail

A look back (first published on 25 October 2014)

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“Simple,” we thought.  “We’ll learn Italian.  ‘Pizza’, ‘vino’ … can’t be difficult.”

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Spanner in the works

A look back (first published 20 October 2014)

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A quiet moment in one of the large cobbled tunnels that lead in and out of the centre of Naples An unusually quiet moment in one of the large cobbled tunnels that lead in and out of the centre of Naples

Nothing is ever quite what you expect it to be …

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