{"id":223,"date":"2022-05-17T14:28:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T14:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memora8ilia.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/17\/these-photos-of-abandoned-italian-churches-taken\/"},"modified":"2022-05-17T14:28:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T14:28:27","slug":"these-photos-of-abandoned-italian-churches-taken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memora8ilia.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/17\/these-photos-of-abandoned-italian-churches-taken\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"640\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/28a1e0605ef5ea768ad8a5699b4dcb5e\/c8c85f43df895426-20\/s640x960\/c3abdd0eb61079c0075fabd501d8c4c249d2b7d2.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"640\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"640\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/38f14958f56376027a611bee2704b94c\/c8c85f43df895426-8e\/s640x960\/3a168545a0760f4ecbf6438414796e6d3193913f.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"640\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"640\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/9db99997d3a0375039ff1b27fe5b0303\/c8c85f43df895426-3f\/s640x960\/f9e23502372c6bf94efa1eeb4239bbe55dba84a2.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"640\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"640\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/609748f54a1d3db0737d8cbcc01551b8\/c8c85f43df895426-e4\/s640x960\/4910e1a2c1af0fb49521a16659449e17ed7acf06.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"640\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"640\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/d83ca918cf6081934bb66ff48e614d65\/c8c85f43df895426-4b\/s640x960\/cb6435630c2e71e737dc9b5e051f01bf781b4d31.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"800\" data-orig-width=\"640\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>These photos of abandoned Italian churches taken by Roman Robroek look like they&rsquo;re right out of an Andrei Tarkovsky film. Stunning. There are a lot more of these photos <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2022\/03\/28\/photographer-captures-the-decline-of-the-church-in-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u275d Today, abandoned churches in Italy and elsewhere offer a unique glimpse into the past. A source of reflection, perhaps, as they prompt us to think about the future. If a church, once the most important haven in the community, can become a pile of ruins, what does that say about what we hold certain today? These are the traces of the past of many communities, and if we follow them, we can see where we all came from and perhaps where we\u2019re going. \u275e <a href=\"https:\/\/petapixel.com\/2022\/03\/28\/photographer-captures-the-decline-of-the-church-in-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">*<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These photos of abandoned Italian churches taken by Roman Robroek look like they&rsquo;re right out of an Andrei Tarkovsky film. Stunning. There are a lot more of these photos HERE. \u275d Today, abandoned churches in Italy and elsewhere offer a unique glimpse into the past. 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