Palazzo della Ragione, Padua

This is another MUST SEE place on my list!

Palazzo della Ragione, Padua

Those frescoes – Schwoon :o)

One of the frescoes is the image below. Who is she?

LOOK AGAIN!

Yup. She looks very much like Mary and the Holy Child but she’s NOT!

In a Catholic country, in the 15th century, Venus and Cupid were painted here. Along with all the other astrological signs.

This one represents Libra.

BUT…she could also be Mary Magdalene fleeing across the Med and landing in France with another Holy Child (?)

All three of these women share a title – STELLA MARIS!

It’s shocking what we DON’T see when we look, yes?

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