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... square is situated at the heart of Rome , where the most important roads converge . It is named after the Palazzo Venezia , on the west side of the square . Begun in 1455 for Paul II , this was the residence of the Venetian ambassador ...
... square is situated at the heart of Rome , where the most important roads converge . It is named after the Palazzo Venezia , on the west side of the square . Begun in 1455 for Paul II , this was the residence of the Venetian ambassador ...
Page 78
... Square determines its boun- dary to the east , while the wall around the Vatican Gar- dens marks its other frontier . This minute state , the smallest in existence , which is officially acknowledged by almost all the nations of the ...
... Square determines its boun- dary to the east , while the wall around the Vatican Gar- dens marks its other frontier . This minute state , the smallest in existence , which is officially acknowledged by almost all the nations of the ...
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... SQUARE . On solemn occasions a crowd of pilgrims unite in St Peter's square to receive the blessing « Urbi et Orbi » which the pope imparts from the loggia of the basilica . CAFIORVM **** 2 ΤΙ ΟΙ O MD ES PETR. 84 The Basilica of St ...
... SQUARE . On solemn occasions a crowd of pilgrims unite in St Peter's square to receive the blessing « Urbi et Orbi » which the pope imparts from the loggia of the basilica . CAFIORVM **** 2 ΤΙ ΟΙ O MD ES PETR. 84 The Basilica of St ...
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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