A yellow and blue fence around a green and silver olive tree grove.
These gates block entry to the Madonna della Pace church. They are opened for mass and in the evening when the priest is around to attend to church business. Before living in Italy I had a romantic and naive idea that churches were always open, ready to welcome the person in the grips of a spiritual crisis. But, no, they have opening and closing hours, too.
Behind that barbed wire and slivers of embedded glass lie...that's right...preschool children! But, the real mystery is whether the elaborate defense system exists to keep us out, or to keep them in? As a mother, I have my doubts! Just joking...
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