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Master Piece by Michaelangelo – The Our Lady of Piety Statue

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Hello My Allys,

It is Friday, the best time of the week! I am all excited as the weekend is around the Corner and Well, here I am all set to bring before you a memory of my previous trip to Rome. This  trip was indeed a very special one as it was my first ever trip to Europe!

The best part about travelling is that the entire experience turns you from a traveler to a storyteller. And the reason why I started the blog was I had so much to share about travel, social media and self care. Initially, have only started with travel, will soon grow this blog into social media and self care post too. So Stay Tuned! I have a lot to share.

This week, I thought of featuring, one of Michaelangelo’s finest piece of art – the Our lady of Piety statue which is situated in the beautiful St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City. The finest sculpture referred to as Pieta is one of a kind statue designed of it’s time. This indeed launched Michaelangelo’s career making him successful and famous than the work he did previously.

The Our Lady of Piety Statue at St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City.

Taking a closer look at the history, as to why this statue was sculpted. Well, it was way back in 1497 when a cardinal Jean de Billheres commissioned Michaelangelo to create a sculpture that would be placed in the side of the chapel in Rome, which later went on to become world famous and shifted to the St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City. When Michaelangelo was assigned to create this sculpture, he was given instructions to create “the most beautiful work of marble in Rome, one that no living artist could better.”

Well keeping in mind that, he went on to create this marble sculpture of – Pieta, well it has several wow factors attached to it.

The sculpture of Pieta as it is  fondly referred to as, depicts the tragic moment of the Virgin Mary holding her son in her arms after Jesus was brought down from the cross. And considering the fact that we are already in the Lent Season, I thought this would be one fine post to share insights about this beautiful sculpture!

Initially the Sculpture was housed at the chapel of Santa Petronilla which was later shifted to the place where it is housed now, towards the right as one enters the St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City.

If one takes a closer look at the sculpture, the statue shows Mary filled with Piety holding her son on her lap, post the Crucifixion. The Crucifixion is signified considering the marks of nails indicating wounds on Jesus’s hands.

Even though his sculpture came under several criticism, some to name where that the sculpture showed Mary Younger in age something around 33 while she was round 50 years of age at that time. Michaelangelo gracefully accepted them all. And today, everyone regards him as world famous for his this piece of art.

DID YOU KNOW?

  • The sculpture took less than two year to complete.
  • The marble used to carve this sculpture was Carrara marble, one of the favorite of the sculptors back then in the ancient Rome.
  • This is the only artwork of his which he had ever signed.

Tip of the Day

I know this tip of the day would be off the track , but it is very important for us to understand and learn from this. The message is to always listen to criticism gracefully and at the same time let your work speak for yourself.

On that note, here it my time to say Good Bye only from this post! I hope to see you shortly with my next feature post. Do like, comment, share about this post to your Friends and Family Gratitude Always!

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Visit to the Colosseum

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Hello My Ally,

Today let’s travel to Rome in the Being Allycaral Friday Feature.

I selected this place as this is the second most visited spot in Italy, centrally situated in Rome – The inception of this structure can take you back to ancient Roman Empire and it’s most preserved heritage.

Initially, The Colosseum had a Latin name which was – Amphitheatrum Flavium in english it would mean Flavian Amphitheatre. As the same was constructed during Flavian Dystasy way back in 82 A.D. This Latin term is largely used to describe this structure. However, the same is world famous as the Colosseum.

There are several instances and it’s successors’ stories, which would definitely leave you wondering how old and ancient – is this beautiful structure: that stands alone withstanding all the nature’s fury from the past several years.

The structure by itself had the capacity to hold over 80,000 people with on an average more than 60,000 people for each show. The structure was used as an amphitheatre to display the dramas based on classical mythology, re-enactments of famous battles, gladiatorial contests, executions, animal hunts and so on.

The iconic symbol of Imperial Rome has definitely been damaged due to stone robbers and earthquakes in the past. But it’s ancient roman connection makes it a favourite spot. Also, it is believed the significance with Roman Catholic Church too makes it a major tourist attraction. Every year, during Good Friday there is a torch lit ‘Way of the Cross’ procession led by the Pope near The Colosseum, Thus strengthening it’s links more with Roman Catholic Crowd.

Some of the structure, is still under restoration as it’s a very big project to be completed. However, the Colosseum stays open everyday to host a wide range of tourist coming from everyday from different parts of the world.

FACTS TO KNOW:
  • According to the Guinness World Record, it still holds the record to be the world’s largest amphitheater.
  • If one has a closer look would clearly give you the Italian version of the five cent euro coin.
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Where is the largest Gothic Cathedral in the world?

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Duomo, Milan Cathedral

Hello my wonderful Allys,

Welcome to another Being Allycaral Friday feature post. And here I am all geared up to bring before you this week’s special. Well, a couple of days back I had a random thought of conducting #BeingAllycaralSaturdaypoll. And since then, Every Saturdays, all I do is ask one question to which I tend to get know your preferences, likes and dislikes. Thus, when I was going through the same, I thought of why not linking my Saturday Poll Results to A Friday Feature. And Because of that here I am with the results of my previous poll in which most of you preferred Milan over California.

So here it is presenting to you the Global Fashion Capital of the World, which is the house to the largest Gothic Cathedral, Milan. A beautiful city in Italy and the second most popular one after Rome. The same is a growing hub for elegance and sophistication. The structures in this place have an impressive skill with an artistic touch with a future model making it distinctive from the rest.

A closer view of the Statues on the Spires

One of the top places to visit in Milan is Duomo. Yes, this is situated in the heart of Milan one of the most beautiful cathedrals which perfectly manifests the creativity and aspiration of the City.

As mentioned earlier too it is the largest Gothic Cathedral in the world with a vision in pink cadoglia marble. It’s pearly white facade with 135 spires and statues on the spires makes it look even more beautiful. The most beautiful feature of this Cathedral is that it has over 3400 statues on the external spires adding the icing to the cake of this extravagant Gothic Cathedral.

The work of the same began in the year 1386 by Mr. Giangaleazzo Visconti who’s original design was almost unfeasible at that time. The same took over 600 years to complete this gigantic structure. After looking at the initial design, several people were not keen to even give the structure a try.  The slow construction was another reason to doubt whether the same would be a success or no. But in the 19th century much of the church ornaments were brought giving it a Neo – Gothic look. Further, enhancing the beauty with final touches in 1960s.

As beautiful is the exterior of this church,  the interior too is extravagant. It has the largest stained glass windows in Christendom while in the crypt saintly Carlo Borromeo is interred in a rock-crystal casket. The church is open for visitors from 8am to 7pm and the roof terraces of the structure is open from morning 9am – 7pm. The same can be visited internally true city guided tours in small private groups only.

Well, Don’t forget to like, comment and share this post, also if you have clicked any pictures in this beautiful place share it on your social networking using the hashtag, #TravelBeingAllycaral

Tips of the day

In order to visit the place, try to be at the church entrance by 7:30am, because the place is visited by several people every single day. And there are huge queue which stand almost till afternoon to get into the church, so if you want to get into the church make sure you stick to the schedule and by 8am to visit the same.

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