The Vatican ,or as others would called it Saint Peter’s Basilica, is an amazing Renaissance era Church. It is the center of the Roman Catholic religious tradition. The construction was originally started in 1506 and it took until 1626, 126 years, for it to be finished. There are tours of The Vatican Catacombs, that have… Continue reading THE VATICAN
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The Catacombs of Paris
The French buried about six million people’s remains underground because of disease. Port-Mahon Sculptures They were made from 1777 to 1782 in order to represent the Port-Mahon Palace in Minorca in the Balearic Islands. They were sculpted in memory of Decure, one of the first workers in the Quarry Inspections, who was killed from… Continue reading The Catacombs of Paris
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