Holy See - Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Vatican City

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Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore is one of Rome's four patriarchal basilicas. he main facade was added in the 18th century, preserving the glorious 13th-century mosaics of the earlier facade. With a baroque interior and a Romanesque bell tower, the basilica's most notable feature is a cycle of mosaics from the 5th century that decorate the arch and nave, depicting biblical scenes. The sumptuously decorated Sistine chapel, last on the right, contains the tombs of popes Sixtus V and Pius V.

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