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Deruta Italian Ceramics Italy Madonna del Bagno

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN

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February 15, 2013

The Madonna delBagno is a small church nestled inconspicuously near the main road to Deruta. It is famous for painted ceramic tiles affixed to the walls by worshippers in thanks to the Virgin for rescue from near death. In the 17thcentury, an itinerant merchant, one Cristoforo Merciaro, or Christopher…

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