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Fresco of Christ, the Virgin and John the Baptist in La Chiesa di San Lorenzo, Parco Rupestre Lama D`Antico #102100504
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Pictured is a fresco of the Deesis in an ancient cave church, La Chiesa di San Lorenzo, in the Parco Rupestre Lama D`Antico. The rupestrian settlement of Lama dââ¬â¢Antico is regarded as one of the oldest of the Puglia Region. It was already inhabited in the 10th century AD. The Deesis is a traditional iconic representation of Christ in Majesty or Christ Pantocrator: enthroned, carrying a book, and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist. One the sides are the Archangels Raphael and Gabriel.
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