Passeggiata

St Luca

"It can't be far." Three hours and 20 miles later, we were at the base of the hill to San Luca. (Slight exaggeration!) Once again, "It can't be far." Climbing slowly, we followed hordes of the faithful who were chanting, praying, and sweating their way to the cathedral. After an hour climb under a portico, the small Baroque cathedral was revealed. Inside there were beautiful marble columns with gilded capitals, large paintings of biblical scenes, small side chapels, and a heavily ornate altar which was crowned with a painting of the Madonna and Child which local lore says was painted by Mark, the apostle and transported to Bologna from the Middle East during the 13th Century.

Bologna