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... Virgin descended from Aeneas through her father King of the Latins , was rav- ished by the god Mars , and forced to break her vow of chas- tity . The result of her misfortune was the birth of twins , who were abandoned in a basket cast ...
... Virgin descended from Aeneas through her father King of the Latins , was rav- ished by the god Mars , and forced to break her vow of chas- tity . The result of her misfortune was the birth of twins , who were abandoned in a basket cast ...
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... Virgin and Saints flanking the jewelled cross . The smaller fig- ures of St Francis and St Anthony of Padua are included be- cause the church was administered by the Franciscan Order . The basilica is flanked by an attractive 13th ...
... Virgin and Saints flanking the jewelled cross . The smaller fig- ures of St Francis and St Anthony of Padua are included be- cause the church was administered by the Franciscan Order . The basilica is flanked by an attractive 13th ...
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... Virgin Mary , appears to shrink with fear , and on whom the supplication of St Peter has little effect . The action 200 200. THE LAST JUDGEMENT ( detail ) . Christ as Judge ; the Virgin Mary at his side , and below St Lawrence with his ...
... Virgin Mary , appears to shrink with fear , and on whom the supplication of St Peter has little effect . The action 200 200. THE LAST JUDGEMENT ( detail ) . Christ as Judge ; the Virgin Mary at his side , and below St Lawrence with his ...
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1st century BC 2nd century 4th century BC altar ancient Apollo apse artist Augustus Baroque basilica Borghese bronze building built Capitol Caravaggio Cardinal CASTEL SANT'ANGELO Castor and Pollux catacombs ceiling centre Christ Christian church Circus Maximus COLOSSEUM columns constructed decorated designed Emperor Empire entrance Etruscan excavations facade fountains fresco Gallery Gian Lorenzo Bernini Hadrian Holy Imperial interior Italy Jacopo Torriti Julius Caesar Last Judgement later Madonna and Child marble masterpiece mausoleum metres Michelangelo monumental mosaic Moses Museum of Roman nave obelisk Old St Peter's painted palaces Palatine Palazzo dei Conservatori Pantheon papacy Paul Perugino Piazza Pietro Pinacoteca pope Porta portrait Raphael reconstructed Renaissance represents Revine Roma Roman Civilisation Roman copy ROMAN FORUM Rome saints Santa Maria Maggiore scene seven hills Sistine Chapel Sixtus St John Lateran ST PETER'S SQUARE statue Temple of Vesta Tiber Island Titus tomb Trajan's vault victory Villa Virgin wall