@brittarnhild
In Arezzo you find great many churches. One of them The Basilica of St.Frances, where you find the Legen of the True Cross, a series of absolutely stunning frescos which is supposed to tell the story of the wooden cross where Jesus died.
The story starts with Adam, who is ill, and his son Seth who goes to the gates of Paradise to ask for the seed of the tree of knowledge, which he wants to use to restore his father´s health. From here the story unfolds, and bending our neck so that we could look high up on the wall, we could follow the tale.
The image above shows the Queen of Sheba arriving to the bridge built by King Solomon. One of the beams which he has used comes from the tree which grew up from the seed which was planted on Adam´s tomb. When the Queen comes to the bridge she senses that there is something sacred about the wood and foretells its future use as the wood of Christ´s cross.
As always, I am mesmerized by the tale of the annunciation, which comes later out in the fresco series.
As I was standing there, looking up, up, up, one of the guards in the church came over to tell me that I was free to take all the pictures I wanted, as long as I did not use the flash.
YES!
This basilica, these frescos..........I have saved them in my heart.
St. Francis, St. Mary.......two of my heroes.
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