Swiss Guards on the steps of St. Peter's Basilica, viewed from the press platform atop the colonnade
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Death's Door
Bernini's sculptures for the Tomb of Pope Alexander VII in St. Peter's Basilica (Rome, Italy) include a bronze figure of Death that hovers above the entrance holding an hourglass, draped with a shroud of red Sicilian jasper.
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Doric
Bernini's colonnade at night, Vatican City, Rome, Italy
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Sacro Sink
Cherubs exchange curious looks with a visitor by holy water font in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Italy
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Immaculate
“The Conception” (1740) by Pietro Bianchi, St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy
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