Images Dated 16th March 2009

Carpathians, Yasinya, Zakarpattia Oblast (Transcarpathian Oblast, Transcarpathia

Carpathians, Yasinya, Zakarpattia Oblast (Transcarpathian Oblast, Transcarpathia, Zakarpattya, Subcarpathian Rus), Ukraine

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The Carafa Chapel. The Annunciation. Detail of the Virgin Ma

The Carafa Chapel with late 15th-century frescoes (1488-1493) by Filippino Lippi (c.1457-1504). The Annunciation. Detail of the Virgin Mary. It is also known as the Chapel of St Thomas Aquinas. Saint Mary above Minerva. Italy. Rome

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Italy. Rome. Basilica of Saint Mary above Minerva and Minerv

Italy. Rome. Basilica of Saint Mary above Minerva, better known as the Dominicans. It is located in the Piazza della Minerva. Facade. In front of the church, the Minerva's Pulcino (Pulcino della Minerva), designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) and carried out by his pupil Ercole Ferrata (1610-1686) in 1667. An elephant is the supporting base of one of the Rome's eleven Egyptian obelisks. It was found in the Dominicans garden

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