Day 11 May 2012

Today, I received an email that my camera was ready to pick up in Perugia (it was not working properly one day after we got here, so I had to take it to the authorized Canon representative in Perugia).  We decided to drive up, have lunch, and visit the old city.  We found a lovely high relief sculpture on the back of the church Oratorio di s. Bernardino Perugia. 
"After the canonization in 1450 of St Bernardino of Siena, who visited Perugia many times to preach, the local Franciscan order built a church to commemorate the saint. Designed by the Tuscan Agostino di Duccio in 1461, the Oratorio di San Bernardino is one of the best examples of Perugia's early Renaissance masterpieces. The bas-relief is layered with multicoloured marble, limestone and terracotta angels and musicians. Do check out the exterior polychrome façade." (Lonelyplanet)

Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/umbria-and-le-marche/perugia/sights/religious-spiritual/oratorio-san-bernardino#ixzz1vuJn63xZ