After The Sterility of Milan...

...Parma. A small town with big surprises. 


Case in point, the Duomo with a rock star artist as its main feature.

The ceiling of the Duomo in Parma. Awesome just doesn't cut it.
Took this without flash. Opened the aperture something awful.

Correggio, what's a masterpiece like yours doing in a small town like this?
It may not draw as many a crowd as the Sistine Chapel but to me, it far surpasses it.
Edgier, wittier... sexier. Correggio got into trouble with the church because of it.
Any guesses why?
Also taken without flash. My camera is divine.

Kids finding respite outside the Duomo.

A former nunnery in Parma with a beautiful tree-lined path.

Love these medieval carvings all around the Duomo. This is probably the most Christian of all friezes.
The rest are pretty pagan--heady stuff with monsters and dragons.