The Camposanto Monumentale cemetary in Pisa (page 13/32)

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A - shaft of a column with twenty four flutes. [more...]

2,500-year-old bowl 1

A - shaft of a column with twenty four flutes. [more...]

Saracino bandinaccu...

Close-up of the inscription on this funery urn from approx. 600BC. The inscription is probably from the 12th century.

Eagle of death

A sculpted eagle (symbol of the Roman empire) on a monumental stone; the inscription bears the date 20th march, 1898, and mentions a battle in (or of) Africa, 1885 – 1896. [more...]

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Rectangular sarcophagus (first half of 2^nd century a.d.) with two festoons, held at the center by a male figure (mars) and at the extremities by two femenine figures, that frame two scenes of peace and war. On the flanks gorgoneion. Sepulchre of caius bellicus natalis consul in 87 a.d. reused for the burial of guido de curte gusfredinga (first half 12^th century). [more...]

1800-year-old carved stone sarcophagus 1

Rectangular sarcophagus (first half of 2^nd century a.d.) with two festoons, held at the center by a male figure (mars) and at the extremities by two femenine figures, that frame two scenes of peace and war. On the flanks gorgoneion. Sepulchre of caius bellicus natalis consul in 87 a.d. reused for the burial of guido de curte gusfredinga (first half 12^th century). [more...]

1800-year-old carved stone sarcophagus 2

Front view, showing the inscriptions. Taken with a wide-angle lens, which causes some distortion.

1800-year-old carved stone sarcophagus 3

Close-up of the Roman inscription.

1800-year-old carved stone sarcophagus 4

Close-up of the Roman inscription.

1800-year-old carved stone sarcophagus 4

The naked figure of Mars, Roman god of war. I’m not sure what he’s wearing exactly, but it doesn’t entirely hide his genitals. His penis has been broken off. That had to hurt. [more...]

Pillar

I’m not sure if this is the pillar mentioned in the caption:

Frescos

Medieval frescoes on the walls of the Camposanto Monumentale in Pisa. The paintings were badly damaged in the Second World War.