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Veiled Christ is a carved marble sculpture completed in 1753 by the Neapolitan artist Giuseppe Sanmartino.It is formed from a single block of white marble,and was commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro,a prince of Sansevero,as the centerpiece of the Cappella Sansevero,in Naples,Italy.
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Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore, aka Brunelleschi's dome, was the largest dome in the world after the fall of the Roman Empire and is still considered the largest ever made in masonry. Conceived, designed, and built by Filippo Brunelleschi, who initiated the Florentine Renaissance...
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The Arch of Ctesiphon in modern-day Iraq is the only remaining structure of ancient Ctesiphon, built in 242–272 AD during the Sassanid Empire. Considered a landmark in architecture history, the Persian masterpiece was on the brink of collapse in 2021 when Iran intervened to restore it.
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The pulpit in the pieve of Sant'Andrea, Italy, is a masterpiece by Giovanni Pisano, completed in 1301 CE. Along with the pulpit in the Pisa Baptistery from 1260 and the Siena Cathedral Pulpit from 1268, these very advanced works are often described in terms such as "proto-Renaissance"
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Detail of the "broken" corner of Fontana di Trevi , designed by Nicola Salvi and completed by Pietro Bracci in 1762. The largest Baroque fountain in Rome, it marks the terminal point of the Acqua Vergine—the revived Aqua Virgo, one of the aqueducts that supplied water to ancient Rome
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The Giants of Mont'e Prama are ancient stone sculptures created by the Nuragic civilization of Sardinia, Italy. Discovered in 1974, they were probably made between the 11th and the 8th century BCE. The statues are carved in local sandstone and their height varies between 2 and 2.5 meters
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