These ex-votos ("Per Grazia Ricevuta" or PGR, in Italian) are popular expressions of religious gratitude and public testimony of faith, from the … [Read more...]
The Field and the Wall: The Great Mosque of Samarra
The "Great mosque of al-Mutawakkil" in Samarra, (Iraq), was commissioned in 848 and built in 851 under Abbasid Caliph Al-Mutawakkil after his father … [Read more...]
