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“Streets of Rome” by Marco Mastracco

Beautiful Night in Rome by J Rutledge

“Path Of Angels” by Elia Locardi

“Condotti street” by Antonio Torkio

“Saint Peter and Angels’ Bridge - Ponte Sant’Angelo, Rome - Italy by L.G.

Basílica de Sta Maria in Aracoeli” by Joanot Bellver

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Trevi Fountain, Rome (by Lopiccolo)

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Rome, Italy

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Rome, Italy

Spanish Steps, Rome

Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy

The Pietá, St. Peter’s Basilica

Michelangelo’s beautiful Pietá, located immediately to the right of the entrance in the Chapel of the Pieta. The sculpture depicts the Virgin Mary cradling the dead Jesus in her lap after the crucifixion, and was completed in 1499, when Michelangelo was just 24. After it was vandalized with an axe in 1972, the sculpture was placed behind protective glass.

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Basilica de S. Pietro - Rome, Italy

Stretching across the facade is the dedicatory inscription: IN HONOREM PRINCIPIS APOST PAVLVS V BVRGHESIVS ROMANVS PONT MAX AN MDCXII PONT VII (In honor of the prince of apostles; Paul V Borghese, pope, in the year 1612 and the seventh year of his pontificate).

Two clocks are on either side; the one on the left is electrically operated since 1931, with its oldest bell dating to 1288.

The facade is topped by 13 statues in travertine. From left, the statues represent: Thaddeus, Matthew, Philip, Thomas, James the Elder, John the Baptist, Christ the Redeemer (in the center), Andrew, John the Evangelist, James the Younger, Bartholomew, Simon and Matthias. St. Peter’s statue in this set is inside.
 
The central balcony is called the Loggia of the Blessings, and is used for the announcement of the new pope with “Habemus Papum” and his Urbi et Orbi blessing. The relief under the balcony, by Buonvicino, represents Christ giving the keys to St. Peter.