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Marble Knit

Orvieto, Umbria

 

Duomo of Orvieto seems not to be made of marble, but it looks like a precise and pernickety work of lace knitting. Stitches of marble pulled through each other for dozens of years, and then embroideries of frescoes and mosaics with golden backgrounds.

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Uploaded on September 9, 2009
Taken on July 30, 2009