Clusone

Clusone
—  Comune  —
Città di Clusone
Panorama of the town in winter
Coat of arms
Clusone Location of Clusone in Italy
Coordinates: 45°53′N 9°57′E / 45.883°N 9.95°E / 45.883; 9.95
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Bergamo (BG)
Frazioni	Fiorine
Government
- Mayor	Paolo Olini (PdL-Lega Nord)
Area
- Total	25 km2 (9.7 sq mi)
Elevation	647 m (2,123 ft)
Population (31 December 2004)
- Total	8,461
- Density	338.4/km2 (876.6/sq mi)
Demonym	Clusonesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	24023
Dialing code	0346
Patron saint	Saint Blaise e Saint John the Baptist
Saint day	February 3 and June 24
Website	Official website

Clusone is a town and comune in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy. Located in the Val Seriana, it received the honorary title of city on 15 May 1957 with a presidential decree which ratified a Napoleon's promise of the year 1801.

The fresco of the Triumph of Death.

Outside of the "Oratorio dei Disciplini" is a fresco of the The Triumph of Death painted by Giacomo Borlone de Buschis in 1485. It portrays a triumphant Death, personified as a living skeleton with a cloak and a crown. At her feet are the bodies of a pope and an emperor, surrounded by snakes, frogs and scorpions. She stands on a sepulchre around which figures of a cardinal, a bishop, a king and a philosopher are offering her gifts. She is flanked by two skeletons who fire against other characters at the side, one with a bow and another, on the right, with an early arquebus.

Three inscription and cartouches decorate the painting. On the left of the Queen Death they say:

Ognia omo more e questo mondo lassa - chi ofende a Dio amaramente passa (Everyone dies and this word lets - Who offend God bitterly goes)

On the right:

O ti serve a Dio del bon core non avire pagura a questo ballo venire. Ma alegremente vene e non temire (For the love of God don't have fear to come at this dance. But joyfully you come and be happy)

The lower inscription is in Latin:

... Amus crucem omnes diligamus Deo devote serviamus cum omne reverentia

Other sections of the cycle include the Meeting of the Three Alive and Three Dead Menand a Danse Macabre. The latter marching skeletons with characters of lower rank than the ones in the Triumph.