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Reflection by M.

First of all: All the digital material brought back from Naples is now available for your discretion in the Commons directory. You may all enjoy hours of touring with fra Agnelo ->> see the avi files! The trip was a great experience. Italy is beautiful. The people we met – extremely hospitable. Food – great. [...]



Thursday & Friday – farewell to Naples

Padre Felice (Felix) was our main resource about San Lorenzo. On Wednesday we had the last question-and-answer session together (Padre was talking about the cultural issues – reminding us of all the “piu importante” italian artists we have not heard about; we in turn were asking about structural details). Some useful images of the church [...]


Check Out our Photos at Flickr!

Here is the link to our Flickr photostream, if anyone is interested. http://www.flickr.com/photos/36152444@N08/ Ciao!


Day 2-Getting to Know the Convent

Well, today we began by exploring the convent, both new and old, in attempt to grasp the full differences between the two! Our other aim, of course was to gain a better idea of what the convent may have looked like, and its progression over time. We were given a tour, by a super enthusiastic [...]



Naples Project – DAY 1 – …arrival

One of us (name unmentioned) almost missed the flight. All came out well in the end and we are now at the Convento. The weather was getting worst and worst the further away we got from Durham. Cloudy in NY and Rome, Raining in Naples, until a full winter experience at Folloni. We were so [...]