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If you are used to the linear designs of most Christian churches (and who isn't?) it's a little shocking to walk into the round interior of the Tempio Civico di San Sebastiano in Milan Italy. Yet the openness is quite appealing. While today the building has both civic and religious functions (some rooms are used as movie theatres!) the origins are strictly religions. When Milan emerged from a bout of the plague in 1576, its residents heaved a sigh of relief. As did residents of many cities in Europe, they expressed their gratitude to God for their deliverance by building a church or a plague column. This church was built on the site where the 14th-century church of San Quilino had stood and it was dedicated to Sebastian, the patron saint of those with contagious diseases. The non-linear layout was atypical for the period. Perhaps the site, which had housed an earlier medieval church dictated the shape. Notes on Saints: In the 3rd century, Sebastian was tied to a tree, shot with arrows...

Protected with PIXSY About Joan Carroll: I am a Fort Worth Texas-based outdoor photographer who feels at home while on the road...in Texas, in the US, around the world. Although travel and photography were dual interests from a young age, the coming of the digital camera provided undreamed of opportunities and unleashed previously untapped creativity. My photographic goal is to travel the world in a curious yet respectful way, taking the time to see and understand the unique story of each place I visit. Wherever I go I want to walk every street, hike every trail, ride the bus or metro, climb every tower, walk around and through every monument, and then do it all over again when the light changes. In every place, light, mood, color, and...