In Tuscania, Medieval Sculpture Splendor Meets Fresco Humor
One of Latium’s most stunning Romanesque churches the Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore in Tuscania was first documented in the mid-9th-century in a Papal bull mandated by Pope Leo IV. Consecrated in 1206, the church was built in lavic stone, tufo, as Tuscania is not far from Lake Bolsena, largest lake in Europe of volcanic origin. The church has…