Esther's photos with the keyword: cenotaph

Basilica Parrocchiale San Lorenzo in Damaso - Rome, Italy "The Memorial to Alessandro Valtrini is a funerary monument designed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1639, and executed by his workshop in the same year. It is situated in the church of the San Lorenzo in Damaso in Rome. It has strong affinities with the Memorial to Ippolito Merenda; both were undertaken by Bernini's workshop and commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Barberini to commend the ecclesiastical work done by Valtrini and Merenda respectively. In aesthetic terms, both broke new ground in figuring Death as a moving skeleton carrying a flowing inscriptions and, in the case of Alessandro Valrtrini monument, a medallion-shaped portrait of Valtrini himself. Valtrini had been a wealthy donor during his lifetime. Three churches he had supported erected monuments to him, Il Gesù (where his body remained), Santa Maria sopra Minerva and the Bernini version in San Lorenzo in Damaso. He died in 1633. Francesco Barberini organised the Bernini commission in the late 1630s." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_Alessandro_Valtrini The Sunday Challenge: Halloween AIMG 9111

Carving on a marble cenotaph (chhattris) at Gaitor near Jaipur, India. Located below the ruins of the Nahargarh Fort and surrounded by a non-descript part of town, these amazing structures mark the cremation sites of the Kachhwaha royalty . AIMG_4884

Marble dome of a cenotaph at Gaitor near Jaipur, India. Gaitor has been the royal cremation ground of the kings and princes of the ruling clan of Jaipur from Sawai Jai Singh II onwards. The marble memorials (chhattris) mark the places where the Kachhwaha kings were cremated AIMG_4903

Cenotaph (chhattris) at Gaitor near Jaipur, India. Located below the ruins of the Nagargarh Fort and surrounded by a non-descript part of town, these amazing structures mark the cremation sites of the Kachhwaha royalty . Definitely worth a visit. AIMG_4881

Cenotaph at Gaitor near Jaipur, India. Gaitor has been the royal cremation ground of the kings and princes of the ruling clan of Jaipur from Sawai Jai Singh II onwards. The marble memorials (chhattris) mark the places where the Kachhwaha kings were cremated AIMG_4887