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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini (also Gianlorenzo or Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect. [1]

170 relations: A Faun Teased by Children, Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius, Alessandro Algardi, Andrea Bolgi, Angel with the Crown of Thorns, Angel with the Superscription, Angels & Demons, Anthony van Dyck, Apollo and Daphne (Bernini), Apostolic Palace, Ariccia, Art Gallery of Ontario, Baldachin, Barbara Jatta, Bargello, Baroque, Baroque architecture, Baroque sculpture, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, Benito Mussolini, Blessed Ludovica Albertoni, Blessed Soul (Bernini), Bust (sculpture), Bust of Antonio Cepparelli, Bust of Cardinal Escoubleau de Sourdis, Bust of Cardinal Richelieu, Bust of Costanza Bonarelli, Bust of Francesco Barberini, Bust of Francesco I d'Este, Bust of Gabriele Fonseca, Bust of Giovanni Battista Santoni, Bust of Giovanni Vigevano, Bust of Louis XIV (Bernini), Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya, Bust of Pope Gregory XV, Bust of Pope Paul V, Bust of Thomas Baker, Cardinal Richelieu, Cardinal-nephew, Carlo Maderno, Castel Gandolfo, Chair of Saint Peter, Charity with Four Children, Charles I of England, Chigi Family, Christina, Queen of Sweden, Church of Saint Andrew's at the Quirinal, Claude Perrault, Colonnade, ..., Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Corpus (Bernini), Counter-Reformation, Damned Soul (Bernini), Dan Brown, Daniel and the Lion (Bernini), David (Bernini), Domenico Bernini, Dominican Order, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, Elephant and Obelisk, Encyclopædia Britannica Online, English Civil War, Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV (Bernini), Ercole Ferrata, Filippo Baldinucci, Florence, Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, Fontana del Moro, Fontana del Tritone, Rome, Fontana della Barcaccia, Fontana delle Api, François Duquesnoy, Francesco Baratta the elder, Francesco Borromini, Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, Galleria Borghese, Galleria Estense, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Giacomo Antonio Fancelli, Giuliano Finelli, Guido Reni, Habakkuk and the Angel (Bernini), Harvard Art Museums, Henrietta Maria of France, Iain Pears, Italians, Italy, J. Paul Getty Museum, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Jennifer Montagu, Kingdom of Naples, Lazzaro Morelli, Lebrun, Lionel Cust, List of extant papal tombs, Louis Le Vau, Louis XIV of France, Louvre, Louvre Pyramid, Luigi Bernini, Mannerism, Marcus Curtius, Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, Memorial to Maria Raggi, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Michelangelo, Musée d'Aquitaine, Naples, National Gallery, National Gallery of Art, Neoclassicism, Neptune and Triton, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Obelisk, Palace of Versailles, Palace of Whitehall, Palazzo Barberini, Palazzo Montecitorio, Pamphili family, Papal States, Paul Fréart de Chantelou, Piazza Barberini, Piazza di Spagna, Piazza Navona, Pieter de Jode I, Pietro Bernini, Pietro da Cortona, Ponte Sant'Angelo, Pope Alexander VII, Pope Clement IX, Pope Gregory XV, Pope Innocent X, Pope Urban VIII, Saint Bibiana (Bernini), Saint Longinus (Bernini), Saint Sebastian (Bernini), Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen (Bernini), San Francesco a Ripa, San Lorenzo in Lucina, San Pietro in Montorio, Sant'Agnese in Agone, Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, Santa Bibiana, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Santa Prassede, Scala Regia, Scala Regia (Vatican), Scipione Borghese, Siena Cathedral, Simon Schama, St. Peter's Baldachin, St. Peter's Basilica, St. Peter's Square, The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun, The Rape of Proserpina, The Vision of Constantine (Bernini), Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Tomb of Pope Alexander VII, Town square, Truth Unveiled by Time (Bernini), Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, Uffizi, Vatican Museums, Victoria and Albert Museum, Villa Borghese, William Shakespeare, Zagreb Cathedral. Expand index (120 more) »

A Faun Teased by Children

Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children is a marble sculpture by Italian artists Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his father Pietro Bernini.

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Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius

Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius is a sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini created c. 1618-19.

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Alessandro Algardi

Alessandro Algardi (31 July 159810 June 1654) was an Italian high-Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome, where for the latter decades of his life, he was, along with Francesco Borromini and Pietro da Cortona, one of the major rivals of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Andrea Bolgi

Andrea Bolgi (22 June 1605–1656) was an Italian sculptor responsible for several statues in St. Peter's Basilica, Rome.

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Angel with the Crown of Thorns

Angel with the Crown of Thorns is a statue by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Angel with the Superscription

Angel with the Superscription is a statue by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons is a 2000 bestselling mystery-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published by Pocket Books and then by Corgi Books.

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Anthony van Dyck

Sir Anthony van Dyck (many variant spellings; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England, after enjoying great success in Italy and the Southern Netherlands.

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Apollo and Daphne (Bernini)

Apollo and Daphne is a life-sized Baroque marble sculpture by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed between 1622 and 1625.

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Apostolic Palace

The Apostolic Palace (Palatium Apostolicum; Palazzo Apostolico) is the official residence of the Roman Catholic Pope and Bishop of Rome, which is located in Vatican City.

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Ariccia

Ariccia (Latin: Aricia) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, central Italy, 16 miles (25 km) south-east of Rome.

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Art Gallery of Ontario

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) (Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario) is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Baldachin

A baldachin, or baldaquin (from baldacchino), is a canopy of state typically placed over an altar or throne.

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Barbara Jatta

Barbara Jatta (born 6 October 1962) is an Italian art historian who is the director of the Vatican Museums.

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Bargello

The Bargello, also known as the Palazzo del Bargello, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, or Palazzo del Popolo (Palace of the People), is a former barracks and prison, now an art museum, in Florence, Italy.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a highly ornate and often extravagant style of architecture, art and music that flourished in Europe from the early 17th until the late 18th century.

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Baroque architecture

Baroque architecture is the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church.

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Baroque sculpture

Baroque sculpture is the sculpture associated with the Baroque cultural movement of the period between the early 17th and late 18th centuries.

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Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore ('Basilica of Saint Mary Major', Basilica Sanctae Mariae Maioris), or church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is a Papal major basilica and the largest Catholic Marian church in Rome, Italy, from which size it receives the appellation "major".

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Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo

The Parish Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo (Basilica Parrocchiale Santa Maria del Popolo) is a titular church and a minor basilica in Rome run by the Augustinian order.

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Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF).

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Blessed Ludovica Albertoni

Blessed Ludovica Albertoni (Beata Ludovica Albertoni) is a funerary monument by the Italian Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Blessed Soul (Bernini)

The Blessed Soul (Anima Beata) is a bust by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Bust (sculpture)

A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders.

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Bust of Antonio Cepparelli

The Bust of Antonio Cepparelli is a sculptural portrait bust by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Bust of Cardinal Escoubleau de Sourdis

The Bust of Cardinal Escoubleau de Sourdis is a marble portrait sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Bust of Cardinal Richelieu

The Bust of Cardinal Richelieu is a marble sculpture by the Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Bust of Costanza Bonarelli

The Bust of Costanza Bonarelli is a marble portrait sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, created in the 1630s.

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Bust of Francesco Barberini

The Bust of Francesco Barberini is a marble sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C..

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Bust of Francesco I d'Este

The Bust of Francesco I d'Este is a marble portrait bust by the Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Bust of Gabriele Fonseca

The Bust of Gabriele Fonseca is a sculptural portrait by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Bust of Giovanni Battista Santoni

The Bust of Giovanni Battisti Santoni is a sculptural portrait by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Bust of Giovanni Vigevano

Bust of Giovanni Vigevano is a marble sculptural portrait by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Bust of Louis XIV (Bernini)

The Bust of Louis XIV is a marble portrait by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya

Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya is a sculpted portrait by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini.

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Bust of Pope Gregory XV

The Bust of Pope Gregory XV is a marble portrait sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Bust of Pope Paul V

The Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini made two Busts of Pope Paul V. The first is currently in the Galleria Borghese in Rome.

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Bust of Thomas Baker

The bust of Thomas Baker is a 1638 marble portrait sculpture created by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, with much of the bust undertaken by a pupil of Bernini, probably Andrea Bolgi.

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Cardinal Richelieu

Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac (9 September 15854 December 1642), commonly referred to as Cardinal Richelieu (Cardinal de Richelieu), was a French clergyman, nobleman, and statesman.

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Cardinal-nephew

A cardinal-nephew (cardinalis nepos; cardinale nipote; valido de su tío; prince de fortune)Signorotto and Visceglia, 2002, p. 114.

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Carlo Maderno

Carlo Maderno (Maderna) (1556 – 30 January 1629) was an Italian architect, born in today's Ticino, who is remembered as one of the fathers of Baroque architecture.

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Castel Gandolfo

Castel Gandolfo (Castrum Gandulphi; colloquially Castello in the Castelli Romani dialects) is a town located southeast of Rome in the Lazio region of Italy.

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Chair of Saint Peter

The Chair of Saint Peter (Cathedra Petri), also known as the Throne of Saint Peter, is a relic conserved in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the sovereign enclave of the Pope inside Rome, Italy.

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Charity with Four Children

Charity with Four Children is a sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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Chigi Family

The Chigi family is a Roman princely family of Sienese extraction descended from the counts of Ardenghesca, which possessed castles in the Maremma, southern Tuscany.

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Christina, Queen of Sweden

Christina (– 19 April 1689) reigned as Queen of Sweden from 1632 until her abdication in 1654.

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Church of Saint Andrew's at the Quirinal

The Church of Saint Andrew's at the Quirinal (Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, S.) is a Roman Catholic titular church in Rome, Italy, built for the Jesuit seminary on the Quirinal Hill.

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Claude Perrault

Claude Perrault (25 September 1613 – 9 October 1688) was a French architect, best known for his participation in the design of the east façade of the Louvre in Paris.

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Colonnade

In classical architecture, a colonnade is a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building.

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Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Rome is the congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for missionary work and related activities.

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Corpus (Bernini)

Corpus (The Body) is a life-size bronze sculpture of the crucified Jesus by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Counter-Reformation

The Counter-Reformation, also called the Catholic Reformation or the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation, beginning with the Council of Trent (1545–1563) and ending at the close of the Thirty Years' War (1648).

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Damned Soul (Bernini)

Damned Soul (Anima Dannata) is a marble sculpture bust by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Dan Brown

Daniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author of thriller novels, most notably the Robert Langdon stories: Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003), The Lost Symbol (2009), Inferno (2013) and ''Origin'' (2017).

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Daniel and the Lion (Bernini)

Daniel and the Lion is a sculpture created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini c. 1655-57.

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David (Bernini)

David is a life-size marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Domenico Bernini

Domenico Bernini was the son of the artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers (Ordo Praedicatorum, postnominal abbreviation OP), also known as the Dominican Order, is a mendicant Catholic religious order founded by the Spanish priest Dominic of Caleruega in France, approved by Pope Honorius III via the Papal bull Religiosam vitam on 22 December 1216.

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Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (alternatively Saint Teresa in Ecstasy or Transverberation of Saint Teresa; in L'Estasi di Santa Teresa or Santa Teresa in estasi) is the central sculptural group in white marble set in an elevated aedicule in the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome.

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Elephant and Obelisk

Elephant and Obelisk is a sculpture designed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Encyclopædia Britannica Online is the website of Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. and its Encyclopædia Britannica, with more than 120,000 articles that are updated regularly.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.

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Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV (Bernini)

The Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV is a late sculpture designed and partially executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Ercole Ferrata

Ercole Ferrata (1610 – 10 July 1686) was an Italian sculptor of the Roman Baroque.

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Filippo Baldinucci

Filippo Baldinucci (1624 – 1 January 1697) was an Italian art historian and biographer.

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Florence

Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.

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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers) is a fountain in the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy.

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Fontana del Moro

Fontana del Moro (Moor Fountain) is a fountain located at the southern end of the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy.

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Fontana del Tritone, Rome

Fontana del Tritone (Triton Fountain) is a seventeenth-century fountain in Rome, by the Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Fontana della Barcaccia

The Fontana della Barcaccia (Fountain of the Boat) is a Baroque-style fountain found at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome's Piazza di Spagna (Spanish Square).

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Fontana delle Api

Fontana delle Api (Fountain of the Bees) is a fountain located in the Piazza Barberini in Rome where the Via Veneto enters the piazza.

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François Duquesnoy

François Duquesnoy or Frans Duquesnoy (January 12, 1597 – July 12, 1643) was a Flemish Baroque sculptor in Rome.

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Francesco Baratta the elder

Francesco Baratta the elder (c. 1590-1666) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period.

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Francesco Borromini

Francesco Borromini, byname of Francesco Castelli (25 September 1599 – 2 August 1667), was an Italian architect born in today's Ticino Encyclopædia Britannica. Web.

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Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena

Francesco I d'Este (6 September 1610 – 14 October 1658) was Duke of Modena and Reggio from 1629 until his death.

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Galleria Borghese

The Galleria Borghese (English: Borghese Gallery) is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana.

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Galleria Estense

The Galleria Estense or Estense Gallery is an art museum in Modena, with mainly Italian paintings from the 14th to the 18th century, formed around the collection of the House of Este, rulers of Modena (1288–1796).

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Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica

The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (GNAA), or National Gallery of Ancient Art, is an art gallery in Rome, Italy, located on two sites: the Palazzo Barberini and the Palazzo Corsini.

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Giacomo Antonio Fancelli

Giacomo Antonio Fancelli (1619–1671) was an Italian sculptor in stone and stucco of the Baroque era.

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Giuliano Finelli

Giuliano Finelli (1601–1653) was an Italian Baroque sculptor who emerged from the workshop of Bernini.

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Guido Reni

Guido Reni (4 November 1575 – 18 August 1642) was an Italian painter of high-Baroque style.

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Habakkuk and the Angel (Bernini)

Habakkuk and the Angel is a sculpture created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini c. 1656-61.

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Harvard Art Museums

The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum (established in 1895), the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903), and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1985) and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis (founded in 1958), the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art (founded in 2002), the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies (founded in 1928).

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Henrietta Maria of France

Henrietta Maria of France (Henriette Marie; 25 November 1609 – 10 September 1669) was queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland as the wife of King Charles I. She was mother of his two immediate successors, Charles II and James II/VII.

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Iain Pears

Iain George Pears (born August 8, 1955) is an English art historian, novelist and journalist.

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Italians

The Italians (Italiani) are a Latin European ethnic group and nation native to the Italian peninsula.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum, commonly referred to as the Getty, is an art museum in California housed on two campuses: the Getty Center and Getty Villa.

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Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Jean-Baptiste Colbert (29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) was a French politician who served as the Minister of Finances of France from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV.

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Jennifer Montagu

Jennifer Iris Rachel Montagu (born 20 March 1931) is a British art historian, especially in the study of Italian Baroque sculpture.

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Kingdom of Naples

The Kingdom of Naples (Regnum Neapolitanum; Reino de Nápoles; Regno di Napoli) comprised that part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816.

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Lazzaro Morelli

Lazzaro Morelli (1619 – 1690) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period.

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Lebrun

Lebrun or Le Brun may refer to.

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Lionel Cust

Sir Lionel Henry Cust (25 January 1859 – 12 October 1929) was a British art historian, courtier and museum director.

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List of extant papal tombs

A pope is the Bishop of Rome and the leader of the Catholic Church.

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Louis Le Vau

Louis Le Vau (1612 – 11 October 1670) was a French Classical Baroque architect, who worked for Louis XIV of France.

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Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV (Louis Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (Roi Soleil), was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715.

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Louvre

The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is the world's largest art museum and a historic monument in Paris, France.

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Louvre Pyramid

The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal pyramid designed by Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris.

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Luigi Bernini

Luigi Bernini (1612, Rome - 22 December 1681, Rome) was an Italian engineer, architect and sculptor.

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Mannerism

Mannerism, also known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520 and lasted until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, when the Baroque style began to replace it.

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Marcus Curtius

Marcus Curtius is a mythological young Roman who offered himself to the gods of Hades.

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Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence

Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence is an early sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Memorial to Maria Raggi

Memorial to Maria Raggi is a sculptural monument designed and executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, in 1647.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the United States.

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Michelangelo

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni or more commonly known by his first name Michelangelo (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564) was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence, who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.

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Musée d'Aquitaine

The Museum of Aquitaine (French: Musée d'Aquitaine) is a collection of objects and documents from the history of Bordeaux and Aquitaine.

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Naples

Naples (Napoli, Napule or; Neapolis; lit) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest municipality in Italy after Rome and Milan.

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National Gallery

The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London.

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National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW.

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Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism (from Greek νέος nèos, "new" and Latin classicus, "of the highest rank") is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of classical antiquity.

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Neptune and Triton

Neptune and Triton is an early sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Nicodemus Tessin the Younger

Count Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (May 23, 1654 – April 10, 1728) was a Swedish Baroque architect, city planner, and administrator.

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Obelisk

An obelisk (from ὀβελίσκος obeliskos; diminutive of ὀβελός obelos, "spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top.

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Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles (Château de Versailles;, or) was the principal residence of the Kings of France from Louis XIV in 1682 until the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789.

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Palace of Whitehall

The Palace of Whitehall (or Palace of White Hall) at Westminster, Middlesex, was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of its structures, except for Inigo Jones's Banqueting House of 1622, were destroyed by fire.

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Palazzo Barberini

The Palazzo Barberini (Barberini Palace) is a 17th-century palace in Rome, facing the Piazza Barberini in Rione Trevi.

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Palazzo Montecitorio

The Palazzo Montecitorio is a palace in Rome and the seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.

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Pamphili family

The Pamphili (often with the final long i orthography, Pamphilj) are one of the papal families deeply entrenched in Roman Catholic Church, Roman and Italian politics of the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Papal States

The Papal States, officially the State of the Church (Stato della Chiesa,; Status Ecclesiasticus; also Dicio Pontificia), were a series of territories in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the Pope, from the 8th century until 1870.

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Paul Fréart de Chantelou

Paul Fréart de Chantelou (25 March 1609 – 1694) was a French collector and patron of the arts.

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Piazza Barberini

Piazza Barberini is a large piazza in the centro storico or city center of Rome, Italy and situated on the Quirinal Hill.

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Piazza di Spagna

Piazza di Spagna, at the bottom of the Spanish Steps, is one of the most famous squares in Rome (Italy).

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Piazza Navona

Piazza Navona is a square in Rome, Italy.

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Pieter de Jode I

Petrus, or Pieter de Jode I or Pieter de Jode the Elder (1570 – 9 August 1634), was a Flemish printmaker, draughtsman, publisher and painter active principally active in Antwerp.

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Pietro Bernini

Pietro Bernini (6 May 1562 – 29 August 1629) was an Italian sculptor.

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Pietro da Cortona

Pietro da Cortona (1 November 1596/716 May 1669) was an Italian Baroque painter and architect.

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Ponte Sant'Angelo

Ponte Sant'Angelo, once the Aelian Bridge or Pons Aelius, meaning the Bridge of Hadrian, is a Roman bridge in Rome, Italy, completed in 134 AD by Roman Emperor Hadrian, to span the Tiber, from the city center to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering Castel Sant'Angelo.

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Pope Alexander VII

Pope Alexander VII (13 February 159922 May 1667), born Fabio Chigi, was Pope from 7 April 1655 to his death in 1667.

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Pope Clement IX

Pope Clement IX (Clemens IX; 28 January 1600 – 9 December 1669), born Giulio Rospigliosi, was Pope from 20 June 1667 to his death in 1669.

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Pope Gregory XV

Pope Gregory XV (Gregorius XV; 9 January 15548 July 1623), born Alessandro Ludovisi, was Pope from 9 February 1621 to his death in 1623.

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Pope Innocent X

Pope Innocent X (Innocentius X; 6 May 1574 – 7 January 1655), born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili), was Pope from 15 September 1644 to his death in 1655.

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Pope Urban VIII

Pope Urban VIII (Urbanus VIII; baptised 5 April 1568 – 29 July 1644) reigned as Pope from 6 August 1623 to his death in 1644.

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Saint Bibiana (Bernini)

Saint Bibiana is a sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Saint Longinus (Bernini)

Saint Longinus is a sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Saint Sebastian (Bernini)

Saint Sebastian is an early sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen (Bernini)

Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen are two sculptures by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini.

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San Francesco a Ripa

San Francesco a Ripa is a church in Rome, Italy.

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San Lorenzo in Lucina

The Minor Basilica of St.

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San Pietro in Montorio

San Pietro in Montorio is a church in Rome, Italy, which includes in its courtyard the Tempietto, a small commemorative martyrium (tomb) built by Donato Bramante.

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Sant'Agnese in Agone

Sant'Agnese in Agone (also called Sant'Agnese in Piazza Navona) is a 17th-century Baroque church in Rome, Italy.

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Sant'Andrea delle Fratte

Sant'Andrea delle Fratte is a 17th-century basilica church in Rome, Italy, dedicated to St. Andrew.

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Santa Bibiana

Santa Bibiana is a small Baroque style, Roman Catholic church in Rome devoted to Saint Bibiana.

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Santa Maria della Vittoria

Santa Maria della Vittoria (Saint Mary of Victory, S.) is a Roman Catholic titular church dedicated to the Virgin Mary located in Rome, Italy.

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Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli

The Spanish National Church of Santiago and Montserrat, known as Church of Holy Mary in Monserrat of the Spaniards (Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli, Santa María de Montserrat de los Españoles, S.) is a Roman Catholic titulus church and National Church in Rome of Spain, dedicated to the Virgin of Montserrat.

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Santa Maria sopra Minerva

Santa Maria sopra Minerva (Saint Mary above Minerva, Sancta Maria supra Minervam) is one of the major churches of the Roman Catholic Order of Preachers (better known as the Dominicans) in Rome, Italy.

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Santa Prassede

The Basilica of Saint Praxedes (Basilica Sanctae Praxedis, Basilica di Santa Prassede all’Esquillino), commonly known in Italian as Santa Prassede, is an ancient titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, located near the papal basilica of Saint Mary Major.

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Scala Regia

Scala Regia (Royal Staircase) is a term referring to a number of majestic entrance staircases, including.

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Scala Regia (Vatican)

Scala Regia (and; Royal Staircase) is a flight of steps in the Vatican City and is part of the formal entrance to the Vatican.

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Scipione Borghese

Scipione Borghese or; (1 September 1577 – 2 October 1633) was an Italian Cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts.

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Siena Cathedral

Siena Cathedral (Duomo di Siena) is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.

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Simon Schama

Sir Simon Michael Schama, CBE, FRSL, FBA (born 13 February 1945) is an English historian specialising in art history, Dutch history, and French history.

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St. Peter's Baldachin

St.

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St. Peter's Basilica

The Papal Basilica of St.

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St. Peter's Square

St.

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The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun

The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun is the earliest known work by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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The Rape of Proserpina

The Rape of Proserpina (Ratto di Proserpina) is a large Baroque marble sculptural group by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, executed between 1621 and 1622.

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The Vision of Constantine (Bernini)

The Vision of Constantine is an equestrian sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, located in the Scala Regia by St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

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Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

The Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (in Spanish, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, named after its founder), or simply the Thyssen, is an art museum in Madrid, Spain, located near the Prado Museum on one of city's main boulevards.

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Tomb of Pope Alexander VII

The Pope Alexander VII is a sculptural monument designed and partially executed by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini.

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Town square

A town square is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town used for community gatherings.

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Truth Unveiled by Time (Bernini)

Truth Unveiled by Time is a marble sculpture by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

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Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese

Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese are marble portrait sculptures executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1632.

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Uffizi

The Uffizi Gallery (italic) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy.

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Vatican Museums

The Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani; Musea Vaticana) are Christian and art museums located within the city boundaries of the Vatican City.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects.

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Villa Borghese

Villa Borghese may refer to.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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Zagreb Cathedral

The Zagreb Cathedral on Kaptol is a Roman Catholic institution and not only the tallest building in Croatia but also the most monumental sacral building in Gothic style southeast of the Alps.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini

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