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... side we confront ruined temples , noble churches , stately palaces , and spectacular fountains that fill us with reverence . The proud title Roma Caput Mundi ( Rome , head of the world ) is no idle boast . Every century of its history ...
... side we confront ruined temples , noble churches , stately palaces , and spectacular fountains that fill us with reverence . The proud title Roma Caput Mundi ( Rome , head of the world ) is no idle boast . Every century of its history ...
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... side of the fine central space of the nave are populated by statues of the apostles after Bernini , and above them there are reliefs by Al- gardi of scenes from the Old and New Testaments . In front of the 14th - century Gothic canopy ...
... side of the fine central space of the nave are populated by statues of the apostles after Bernini , and above them there are reliefs by Al- gardi of scenes from the Old and New Testaments . In front of the 14th - century Gothic canopy ...
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... side , and below St Lawrence with his grid - iron and St Bartholomew with bis flayed skin . 201. THE LAST JUDGEMENT . Painted between 1534 an 1541 , twenty years after he had completed the ceiling , this is a terrifying and awesome ...
... side , and below St Lawrence with his grid - iron and St Bartholomew with bis flayed skin . 201. THE LAST JUDGEMENT . Painted between 1534 an 1541 , twenty years after he had completed the ceiling , this is a terrifying and awesome ...
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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