De fide rerum quae non videntur.

Wish you ALL a peaceful loving Easter.
HUGS Annamaria :)
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[.............De fide rerum quae non videntur.........Sant'Agostino
Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen]
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Romanesque art refers to the art of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the rise of the Gothic style in the 13th century, or later, depending on region. The preceding period is increasingly known as the Pre-Romanesque.

The Pieve of San Giorgio di Brancoli: edifice of extraordinary richness revealed by its medieval features.
The overall classicism conveyed by its basilical plan and plain wall faces were inspired by the Sant’Alessandro of Lucca, built as the Pieve in the second half of the 9th century, in the atmosphere of spiritual reform of the church promoted by the bishop Anselmo da Baggio, later become pope under the name of Alexander II.

The sculptural decoration of the church is unique as to its quality and exhaustiveness, from architectural sculpture, coeval to the building, to the most rich presbyterial fittings, dating from the subsequent century.