Separations from Heaven. Domes and Ceilings in Religious Buildings

As part of the XXII International Festival of History èStoria 2026 RELIGIONS - Separations from the sky Domes and ceilings in places of worship. Photographs by Franco Spano', PROLOGUE Cultural Association for the promotion of Contemporary Arts, via GI Ascoli 8/1 in Gorizia.

Inauguration Saturday 23 May at 6.00 pm. Presentation by Cristina Feresin.

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Different religious traditions, while often referring to the same divine principle or a universal idea of the supernatural, conceive the space above their buildings in profoundly different ways. The ceiling, whether dome, vault, or wooden roof, is never a neutral element: it is a threshold, a physical separation that is erased. It manifests the way each culture imagines the relationship between the human and the divine.

In this tension between closure and openness, between matter and transcendence, the deepest meaning of these "separations from heaven" is realized: not walls that divide, but thresholds that invite us to cross, with our gaze and our spirit, the boundaries of earthly experience.