Pattern Place
A few miles away from Orvieto, facing the rock of Orvieto, you find the Abbey of Saints Severo and Martirio (11th century), an old Benedictine monastery. The church has small but beautiful frescoes and a cosmati pavement.
Cosmati is a style of geometric decorative inlay stonework typical of Medieval Italy, and especially of Rome and its surroundings. It was used most extensively for the decoration of church floors.
The name derives from the Cosmati, the leading family workshop of marble craftsmen in Rome who created such geometrical decorations.
Pattern Place
A few miles away from Orvieto, facing the rock of Orvieto, you find the Abbey of Saints Severo and Martirio (11th century), an old Benedictine monastery. The church has small but beautiful frescoes and a cosmati pavement.
Cosmati is a style of geometric decorative inlay stonework typical of Medieval Italy, and especially of Rome and its surroundings. It was used most extensively for the decoration of church floors.
The name derives from the Cosmati, the leading family workshop of marble craftsmen in Rome who created such geometrical decorations.