Maybe the oldest church in Italy (for 3d Classics) by DocMikeB
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Description
Just 5 miles from Pisa, in Tuscany, there is an old and suggestive church, called "St Peter".
The building you can see today is a beautiful romanic temple of the XI Century, built over an older church of the VIII century.
But this place is important because probably was the first church on the ground of Italy.
In this area was a small sea port and according to a medieval tradion, the Apostle Peter reached the Italy disembarking here in the year 42-43, under the reign of the Emperor Claudius.
And here he celebrated the first Mass on a small altar, with few disciples.
(The Apostle was killed under the reign of Nero, in the year 64).
For long time the historians believed it was only a legend and thought the Apostle reached the Italy some years later disembarking in Ostia's harbor, near Rome.
But recently the archeological excavations discovered a Roman Domus used as a church in the first years of the Christian Era.
So the medieval tradition, probably, was true or at least very closer to the truth.
There was also 1200's bell tower, but unfortunately in the 2nd World War it was destroyed.
I want to dedicate this XMas image to 3D Classics because he's a teacher as me and he loves the historical images.
Greetings and best wishes to all the friends(Pupino, Pixelmeister, Decadence, Evilsasha, Abuhya, Daramski, Hendesse, Odessey, Atom, DennisReed and all the others, sorry if forgotten someone).
An HUGE and SPECIAL BLESSING to KROUSER and COUNTESSA JAY, my family here on RRosity.
By the way... this church is important for me because my parents had their wedding here in the year 1979!
Comments (55)
frogster
Stunning work
Li-An
Un bel lavoro!
DukeNukem2005
Wonderful picture! Very beautiful image! Fantastic artwork!
cjoe
Great shot ..excellent work on this!
Fizzyfly
Awesome modeling and texturing. The grayscale picture says historical all over it. Very well done.
Wirrinator
This is soo awesome!! You've gotten it to look so realistic, and I love your textures! BTW thank you so much for your comment on my Hummer model!
huismus
Beautiful work! And thanks for the info.
SketchyDee
This is my favourite Model of yours!!! I love historical architecture. Awesome work ^^ 10/10 Textures & Models. Also thank you for your comment on my first piece.
hoskins78
Wow! You have to look at this again and again to be sure it's a model! Superbly made and textured - and those colour images are especially convincing :) Very well done!
PhilW
Wonderful model and some beautiful renders of it too!
ada010100
NICE WORK
e-brink
Wonderful modeling! Excellent structure!
gattone_blu
Ottimo lavoro anche questo, bravo
DarkAngelEdge
This is really awesome !!
Rodma_Hu
Beautiful model and authentic detail. Stunning realism!
emmecielle
Un collage eccezionale di una chiesa semplicemente fantastica!!! Anche tu sei un insegnante? Fino a due anni fa insegnavo Arte nella scuola media... adesso mi godo il meritato riposo dopo ben 37 anni di servizio!!! :)
boristen
Fascinating render!
kear
wow!!! hermosa en realidad
joaq
Fantastic modeling and wonderful textures!!!
vintorix
Beautiful old church with far more dignity than many more elaborate places. Excellent modeling!
Simone83
Very good modeled and textured, excellent architecture!
HannaK
Nice work! Thanks for the info,
mariogiannecchini
Questa me la sono persa !Interessante informazione ! Fantastice immagini, medello stupendo ! I missed this! Interesting information! Beautiful designs, Medell amazing!
flavia49
fabulous image!! modello straordnario!!
DamirCizmok
Good job man!