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Funerary Monument to Pope Urban VIII

27/7/2019

 
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Funerary monument to Pope Urban VIII by Bernini, St Peter's Basilica, Rome
Funerary monument to Pope Urban VIII (det.)


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Veronica's Veil

26/7/2019

 
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St Veronica by Francesco Mochi, St Peter's Basilica, Rome
St Veronica by Francesco Mochi


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One of the Shortest Reigning Popes

25/7/2019

 
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Funerary monument of Pope Leo Xl, St Peter's Basilica, Rome
Funerary monument to Pope Leo Xl by Alessandro Algardi


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Gallery of Maps

24/7/2019

 
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Gallery of Maps, Vatican Museums, Rome
Gallery of Maps


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Death of a Dynasty

23/7/2019

 
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Monument to the Royal Stuarts by Canova, St Peter's Basilica, Rome
Funerary Monument to the Stuarts (det.) by Antonio Canova


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The School of Athens by Raphael

22/7/2019

 
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School of Athens, fresco by Raphael, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Museums, Rome
The School of Athens by Raphael


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Pope Sixtus IV Founding the Vatican Library

21/7/2019

 
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Pope Sixtus IV Founding the Vatican library by Melozzo da Forli, Vatican Museums, Rome
Pope Sixtus IV Founding the Vatican Library by Melozzo da Forli


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Funerary Monument of Pope Sixtus IV

20/7/2019

 
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Funerary monument of Pope Sixtus IV by Antonio del Pollaiuolo, St Peter's Basilica, Rome
Funerary monument of Pope Sixtus IV


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Where and How a New Pope is Elected

19/7/2019

 
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Conclave 2013, Sistine Chapel, Vatican, Rome
Conclave, 2013


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The Gregorian Calendar

18/7/2019

 
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Funerary monument of Pope Gregory XIII by Camillo Rusconi, St Peter's Basilica, Rome
Funerary monument of Pope Gregory XIII


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The Emperor Who Never Aged

17/7/2019

 
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Augustus of Prima Porta, Vatican Museums, Rome
Augustus of Prima Porta (det.)


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Rome's Two Patron Saints

16/7/2019

 
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St Peter by Giuseppe de Fabris, St Peter's Square, Vatican, Rome
St Peter by Giuseppe de Fabris
St Paul by Adamo Tadolini, St Peter's Square, Vatican, Rome
St Paul by Adamo Tadolini


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Wind-Rose & Sundial

15/7/2019

 
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Wind rose marker, St Peter's Square, Vatican City, Rome
Wind-rose marker


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The Thirteen Colossal Statues Which Crown the Facade of St Peter's Basilica

14/7/2019

 
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A statue of Christ the Redeemer crowns the facade of St Peter's Basilica, Rome
St John the Baptist, Christ the Redeemer & St Andrew


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Two Clocks by Valadier

13/7/2019

 
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St Peter's Basilica, Rome
St Peter's Basilica


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The Two Fountains in St Peter's Square

12/7/2019

 
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Fountain by Carlo Maderno, St Peter's Square, Rome
Fountain by Carlo Maderno


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Bernini's Baldacchino

11/7/2019

 
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Baldacchino by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St Peter's Basilica, Rome
The Baldacchino


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Death on the Nile

10/7/2019

 
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The Braschi Antinous, Vatican Museums-Rome
The Braschi Antinous (det.)


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Borgia Apartment: Frescoes by Pinturicchio

9/7/2019

 
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Resurrection, fresco by Pinturicchio, Borgia Apartment, Vatican Museums, Rome
The Resurrection


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Urbi e Orbi: To the City and to the World

8/7/2019

 
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Benediction loggia, St Peter's Basilica, Rome
Benediction loggia


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The Prince of the Apostles!

7/7/2019

 
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Inscription to Pope Paul V, Facade of St Peter's Basilica, Rome
Inscription to Pope Paul V


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Room of the Immaculate Conception

6/7/2019

 
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Proclamation of Dogma of Immaculate Conception by Francesco Podesti, Vatican Museums
Proclamation of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Francesco Podesti


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Fountain of the Pine Cone

5/7/2019

 
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Bronze pine cone, Cortile della Pigna, Vatican Museums
Bronze pine cone


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Becoming Gods

4/7/2019

 
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Bas relief of Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina, column of Antoninus Pius, Vatican Museums
Apotheosis of Antoninus Pius and Faustina


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Tapestries by Pieter Van Aelst

3/7/2019

 
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Christ's Charge to Peter, Tapestry by Pieter van Aelst, Vatican Museums, Rome
Christ's Charge to Peter (Tapestry), 466 x 634 cm.


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