Memories of my travel in Pompei.. Campania, Italy

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How much time has passed! Traveling with parents who were married here in a town known for its beautiful excavations that unfortunately we have not seen and known to the basilica. The Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary and 'one of the major centers of Marian devotion in Italy. The shrine has title of Papal Basilica and' ruled by a Papal Delegate, assisted by a Board of Directors. The interior, rich in marbles, frescoes and mosaics, and 'a Latin cross with three naves with magnificent dome (57 m) on 4 pillars, 3 transept and ambulatory aisles around the presbytery.

Entering the Basilica door, you pass under monumental ricchisssima cantoria.Sull 'high altar, and' the Madonna of Pompeii veneratissima, seventeenth-century painting, the school of Luca Giordano, which was restored in 1965, adorned with gems and surrounded by a rich cornice bronze, surrounded by mysteries of the Rosary, painted on copper by Vincenzo Paliotti.Le side chapels of the temple are dedicated to saints particularly venerated at the shrine, in the vault (basin) are the mysteries of the Rosary made of mosaic from the Vatican School. Inside you can admire the votive examples of popular veneration and episodes from the life of Bartolo Longo, a lawyer connected to the building basilica.I my memories are fuzzy but I intend to visit again the places between the sacred and profane ...