Injury update and a magical atmosphere

Running and injury update: Despite 7 days of anti-inflammatories, the pain at the piriformis muscle doesn't decrease. Now I have to try with physiotherapy too. However, I keep on runnig even if more slowly and with a less mileage. I noticed that the pain increases uphill.

This week I have ran 4 times (indeed 3 times):

Monday: After 15 minutes I had to stop the workout because I felt too weak (anti-inflammatories side effect ?);

Tuesday: 7,3 km (ondulate) with my son;

Thursday: 10,1 km (ondulate);

Saturday: 9 km with my son around the city.

Historic Center – Now a look at at the historic center of my city. It includes old buildings and the characteristic Medieval district: a suggestive walk among ancient alleys in cobblestone.

Below some alleys:

This is Leandra Square, the oldest square in the city. Maybe it needs more maintenance but still offers the feeling of living in the past:

In spring swallows migrating from Africa nest on the roofs covered with tiles:

In the middle of the square, in front of two old buildings, we can see a Medieval Fountain:

Inside one of these buildings, under the wall paper, the owner of a flat found ancient and valuable paintings. This flat now is a destination for guided sightseeing tours (the entry is free):

Near the Fountain stands the Church of the Star (1688) that is the site of the Confraternity of Gonfalone, founded in 1274. Inside there is the wooden crucifix of the Corpse of Christ that every year, on Good Friday, is carried in procession along the streets of the city:

The access to Leandra Square is through the Archetto Gate (9th century):

Near the Archetto we can see the Church of Death (1685); it is also the site of the Confraternity of Death and Prayer, founded in the 16th century to give honorable burial to the corpses abandoned outside the walls of the city or dispersed into the sea:

Above the buildings stands an ancient watchtower called Saracen Tower or Belli's Tower because the famous poet Gioacchino Belli lived in the adjacent apartment at the beginning of the 19th century (see also a very ancient photo):

By night the alleys are enveloped in a magical atmosphere: 

 HAVE A GOOD WEEK END