Castles!

My dad would say, "I took a shortcut". It was a running joke that his "shortcut" would take longer. When I was a kid I thought this was just an adventure. As I grew I realized that he just got lost and took a different route. Now, I am trying to navigate my way around Italy. We have taken a lot of "shortcuts". I had heard about a castle I wanted to visit. I had looked it up on the internet and found the address. When it came to drive there, rather than put in the address I just put in the name of the castle. "Bracciano Castello". Who knew there would be more than one. Not me. We ended up in a beautiful little village called San Gregorio Da Sassola. It did indeed have a castle and two lovely little churches and wonderful little streets to walk down. It was a win.


 There really was a castle!
     
Just walking around the little village
  
The sweet little church. It was so simple, but so beautiful.
           


 Looking down at the road, then looking out to the view.

   

They had a public park that was lovely. I took a picture of this tree. I thought it looked like a giraffe.



Walking along and every once in a while there would be a small piazza with these tile designs on it.
        


  


The larger more elaborate church. I'm not sure what year these churches were constructed.
    
 
Our last view of San Gregorio Da Sassola



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  1. WodinOctober 29, 2021 at 5:49 AM

    What a cool “mistake”! I love the castle pictures and the cobblestone mosaics.

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