Cross, San Niccolo Church, Arcidosso

Description

Swallow-tail style cross on the wall of a building next to San Niccolo Church, Arcidosso, Grosseto, Tuscany. Maltese cross is also called the cross of St. John, eight-pointed cross or octagonal cross, is a symbol used since the twelfth century by the hospital knights of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. It began to be known as the Maltese cross from the 16th century. Model was created in Reality Capture using 21 photographs. The Mt. Amiata Project is an ongoing GDH collaboration involving faculty and students at the University of Florence and the University of Siena. We could not have done this project without the considerable support of the Municipality of Arcidosso.