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The Statue of the River Nile

29/2/2020

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Statue of River Nile, Vatican Museums, Rome

The River Nile

The Capitoline Museums

28/2/2020

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Equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius, Capitoline Museums, Rome

Equestrian statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius

Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts

27/2/2020

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Laocoon and His Sons

The Borgia Apartment

26/2/2020

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Portrait of Pope Alexander VI in the fresco of the Resurrection by Pinturicchio

The Fountain of the Sea-Horses

25/2/2020

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Fountain of the Sea-Horses, Villa Borghese

The Gallery of the Candelabras

24/2/2020

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Gallery of the Candelabra, Vatican Museums, Rome

Gallery of the Candelabras, Vatican Museums

'Oh Rome! My Country! City of the Soul!'

23/2/2020

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Statue of Lord Byron, Villa Borghese

Sicily's Three-Legged Lady

22/2/2020

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Trinacria, symbol of Sicily, Villino Ximenes, Rome

The Trinacria (symbol of Sicily), Villino Ximenes

The Fountain of the Senate

21/2/2020

Via degli Staderari

The Fountain of the Senate (Fontana del Senato)

Views of Rome: Past & Present

20/2/2020

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Old photograph of 'Cannonball' Fountain, Villa Medici, Rome

Old photograph of the Fountain of the Cannonball and, in the distance, St Peter's Basilica

The Mother Church of the Jesuits

19/2/2020

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Chiesa del Gesu

The Botanical Garden

18/2/2020

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Fountain of the Tritons

The Fontana del Pianto

17/2/2020

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Fountain, Piazza delle Cinque Scole, Rome

Fontana del Pianto

The Garden of the Oranges

16/2/2020

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The Orange Garden

The Church of Santa Maria della Pace

15/2/2020

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Santa Maria della Pace

The Palace of Exhibitions

14/2/2020

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Art flanked by Study and Peace, sculpture by Adalberto Cencetti, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome

Art flanked by Study and Peace by Adalberto Cencetti,

The Baroque at its Very Best

13/2/2020

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Rospigliosi-Pallavicini Chapel, church of San Francesco a Ripa, Rome

Rospigliosi-Pallavicini Chapel, San Francesco a Ripa

From Riches to Rags

12/2/2020

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San Gregorio della Divina Pietà

Via Margutta: The Street of the Artists

11/2/2020

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Via Margutta

A Saint On His Deathbed

10/2/2020

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St Stanislaus Kostka by Pierre Legros, church of Sant' Andrea al Quirinale, Rome

St Stanislaus Kostka by Pierre Legros, Sant' Andrea al Quirinale

The Church of San Bernardo alle Terme

9/2/2020

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San Bernardo alle Terme

Know Thyself!

8/2/2020

Museo Nazionale Romano (Baths of Diocletian)

Mosaic of a skeleton & the Greek aphorism 'Know thyself', Baths of Diocletian, Rome

Ancient Roman mosaic of a skeleton & the Greek aphorism 'Know thyself'

Monument to Pope Alexander VII

7/2/2020

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Funerary monument of Pope Alexander VII, St Peter's Basilica

A Curious Image of a Carthusian Monk

6/2/2020