Title
Saint Rose's machine
Description
Original title: Macchina di Santa Rosa ("Saint Rose's machine")
The Macchina di Santa Rosa is a tower used in Viterbo, Italy to venerate the patron Saint of the city, Saint Rose of Viterbo. The tower has been made of different materials throughout the centuries, stating in the 13th century.
Gender perspective: The origin of this papier maché architectural structure celebrate the tranasfer of the body of the saint dating back to the 13th century. The day before her preserved heart is ceremonially paraded. This symbolic structure acts as a material substitute for the whole body of the saint, which becomes a locus of adoration deprived of all human or generic attributes.
The Macchina di Santa Rosa is a tower used in Viterbo, Italy to venerate the patron Saint of the city, Saint Rose of Viterbo. The tower has been made of different materials throughout the centuries, stating in the 13th century.
Gender perspective: The origin of this papier maché architectural structure celebrate the tranasfer of the body of the saint dating back to the 13th century. The day before her preserved heart is ceremonially paraded. This symbolic structure acts as a material substitute for the whole body of the saint, which becomes a locus of adoration deprived of all human or generic attributes.
Source
Macchina di Santa Rosa, Viterbo, Italy.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchina_di_Santa_Rosa
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201007184141/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchina_di_Santa_Rosa
Image 1:
“Fiore del Cielo” ("Flower of the Sky") (2009)
Wikimedia Commons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La_Macchina.JPG
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201007184121/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La_Macchina.JPG
https://web.archive.org/web/20201126022953/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FVL_8951_Macchina_di_Santa_Rosa_Fiore_del_Cielo_Foto_di_Riccardo_Spinella.jpg
Image 3:
"Ali di luce" ("Wings of light") (2003)
Wikimedia Commons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_di_luce_20070903n_by_dd11.JPG
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201126023046/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_di_luce_20070903n_by_dd11.JPG
Image 4:
3 SEPTEMBER 2019 | VITERBO - “Lift and Stop”… the Santa Rosa Machine is back! by Cilo, Tommaso (2019) in Event della Tuscia webpage. https://www.eventidellatuscia.it/3-settembre-2019-viterbo-sollevate-e-fermi-torna-la-macchina-di-santa-rosa/#prettyPhoto
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200926110209/https://www.eventidellatuscia.it/3-settembre-2019-viterbo-sollevate-e-fermi-torna-la-macchina-di-santa-rosa/
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchina_di_Santa_Rosa
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201007184141/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macchina_di_Santa_Rosa
Image 1:
“Fiore del Cielo” ("Flower of the Sky") (2009)
Wikimedia Commons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La_Macchina.JPG
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201007184121/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La_Macchina.JPG
Image 2:
“Fiore del Cielo” ("Flower of the Sky") (2009)
Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FVL_8951_Macchina_di_Santa_Rosa_Fiore_del_Cielo_Foto_di_Riccardo_Spinella.jpg
https://web.archive.org/web/20201126022953/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FVL_8951_Macchina_di_Santa_Rosa_Fiore_del_Cielo_Foto_di_Riccardo_Spinella.jpg
Image 3:
"Ali di luce" ("Wings of light") (2003)
Wikimedia Commons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_di_luce_20070903n_by_dd11.JPG
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201126023046/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_di_luce_20070903n_by_dd11.JPG
Image 4:
3 SEPTEMBER 2019 | VITERBO - “Lift and Stop”… the Santa Rosa Machine is back! by Cilo, Tommaso (2019) in Event della Tuscia webpage. https://www.eventidellatuscia.it/3-settembre-2019-viterbo-sollevate-e-fermi-torna-la-macchina-di-santa-rosa/#prettyPhoto
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200926110209/https://www.eventidellatuscia.it/3-settembre-2019-viterbo-sollevate-e-fermi-torna-la-macchina-di-santa-rosa/
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