With a sunny Sunday for a welcomed change, no better time for the Italian, religion, history, and transportation lessons to continue.

Off to the church of Madonna di Loreto it is, then!  Assuming, the “comforting and sheltering” portico di Loreto runs far enough, or the traffic’s observance of the sabbath slows enough, to get us from porta S. Matteo to the outskirts of town–all in one piece.

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