I decided to spend a weekend visiting my friend Mauro, and staying there for 2 days. We had planned to spend the time at the beach but he insisted I visit Pomposa Abbey, a large monastery located in the province of Ferrara about 30 minutes drive from his house. After parking the car, we went to the ticket office (ticket was 2,50 reduced) which was located in the Palazzo della Ragione across from the church's entrance. We then entered the Refectory, where the monks used to eat, with several nice frescoes remaining particularly nice that depicting the Last Supper. Moving on we entered the small museum, which holds many artifacts belonging to the church, such as frescoes, statues, column heads etc. Next to the museum we peered inside the Chapter House with some nice frescoes depicting Jesus and other saints. Finally we went inside the church itself, which was first built in the 6th century while the building now dates to the 11th century. The main hall was amazing, diving the two side naves were some really nice and interesting columns, and the upper part of the naves, the apse, and the entrance were all decorated with 13th century frescoes. They mostly depicted the Old and New Testament, while the apse depicted Jesus with the Evangelists and the entrance an incredible Last Judgment. Furthermore, the floor was covered in splendid mosaics, in the opus sectile style, with animal and human figures. After walking around inside the church, and admiring the beauty of it, we exited and gave one last look at the imposing 48m high Romanesque bell tower, before getting back in the car headed for the beach.
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| The Last Supper inside the Refectory |
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| View of the cloister, church and tower |
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| View of the interior |
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| View towards the entrance |
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| View of the church and tower from the front |
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