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Inscription of Pope Damasus, second half of the fourth century, Catacombs of San Callisto Rome Catacombs of San Callisto. Date of Photograph:1932

Statue representing the prophet Isaiah in the Church of St Maria a Diecimo near Lucca San Giovanni Valdarno environs, Diecimo, Church of St Maria Statue Romanesque, Middle Ages, Europe

Statue of an Evangelist placed on top of a Lion. Detail from a baptismal font in the parish church of Sant'Agata al Cornocchio in Scarperia Scarperia Church of Sant'Agata al Cornocchio Statue

Prudence: one of the caryatids of the ark of St. Peter Martyr. Work by Giovanni Balduccio containing the remains of the dominican inquisitor located in the Church of S. Eustorgio, Milan

A city street in Rhodes with the facade of the Fascio House Greece Rhodes. Date of Photograph:1936 ca

Machinery of a CR 20 fighter plane shown in the Science History Exhibition held in Florence in 1929. Florence Exhibition of Science History. Date of Photograph:1929 ca

Sommeiller Punch, used in the construction of the tunnel of Moncenisio. The photo was taken on the occasion of the Science History Exhibition, held in Florence, 1929

Volta relics: in the window, a pistol, an electroscope, an electrostatic piston machine, and tubes for releasing gas. The picture was taken during the Exhibition of Science History in 1929

Apparati by Augusto Righi for the optics of electric oscillation, with an oscillator in vaseline, selenite disc for double refraction and resonator

Pilot's book representing a detail of the British Islands. The picture was taken during the Exhibition of Science History in 1929, in Florence

Pilot?s book of the senese Giulio Cesare Petrucci representing the British Islands. The paper is dated 1571 and is preserved in the Astronomic Observatory of Bologna

A Room of the Exhibition of Science History held in Florence in 1929 Florence Exhibition of Science History. Date of Photograph:1929 ca

The fountain of Ponte Sisto accomplished by architects Giovanni Vasanzio and Giovanni Fontana; Piazza Trilussa, Rome Rome Piazza Trilussa Monumental Fountain Baroque

View of the I.N.A. skyscraper, in Palermo Palermo. Date of Photograph:1962

Tomb of Pius III, attributed to Sebastiano di Francesco Ferrucci, in the Church of S. Andrea della Valle, Rome. Rome Church of Sant'Andrea della Valle Monumental Tomb High Renaissance

San Sebastiano Catacombs in Rome: mausolea of Marcus Clodius Hermes and of the "Innocentiores" Rome Catacombs of San Sebastiano Catacomb Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Funerary monument to Livio Podocattaro, archbishop of Cyprus, by Jacopo Sansovino, in the church of San Sebastiano in Venice Venice Church of San Sebastiano Funerary Monument Renaissance

A ground floor window of the Scuola Grande dei Carmini in Venice. The exterior of the complex was designed by the architect Baldassarre Longhena Venice Window Baroque

Mussoloni Barracks in Rome Rome. Date of Photograph:1938

David and Matthew; copies of Romanesque statues of the 1800's conserved in the Church of Saint Peter in Consavia, at Asti Asti Church of Saint Peter in Consavia Statue Romanesque, Middle Ages

Confirmation of the francescan order; antiphonary miniature by Niccol di Ser Sozzo Tegliacci. Museum of Sacred Art, San Gimignano San Gimignano Museum of Sacred Art Illumination Gothic, Middle Ages

Pharmacy Majolicas from Santa Fina Hospital and preserved in the Civic Museum in San Gimignano San Gimignano Museo Civico Vase Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Stone door, work in the National Gallery of Umbria, inside the Municipal Hall of Perugia Perugia Municipal Hall, National Gallery of Umbria Door Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods

Tomb of the painter Francesco Vanni in San Giorgio Church in Siena Siena San Giorgio Church Tomb Baroque, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Monument to Sancio de Luna, in the Cappella del Tesoro of the church of the Annunziata, Naples Naples Church of the Annunziata, Cappella del Tesoro Funerary Monument High Renaissance, Renaissance

Monument to Giovan Battista Capece Minutolo, by Girolamo D'Auria, in the cathedral of Naples Naples Cathedral, transept Funerary Monument Late Renaissance, Renaissance

The monumento to Tommaso Campanella in Stilo. Work by Ermete Gazzeri Stilo Monument, Statue Styles and Movements before 1945, International Art of 20th Century. Date of Photograph:1920 - 1930 ca

Shops with ogival doors, along a section of Palazzo De Nardis, in L'Aquila L'Aquila Building - Facade Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

View of the tomb of John Keats in the non-Catholic cemetery, in Via Caio Cestio, in Rome Rome non-Catholic cemetery. Date of Photograph:1920-1930 ca

Detail of the left side of the portico of the Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano, in ROme, Lazio. In the background the statue of Costantine Rome Basilica of S.Giovanni

William II offering the cathedral to the Virgin Mary. Mosaic in the cathedral of Monreale Monreale Mosaic Norman style, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Angels, mosaics lining the apse arch of the cathedral of Monreale, Palermo Monreale Mosaic Byzantine Style, Byzantine Art, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

The resurrection of Lazarus and the disciples bringing a donkey and her colt to Jesus, part of the mosaic cycle on the walls of the central nave of the cathedral of Monreale Monreale Mosaic Byzantine

Noah making wine, Drunkennes of Noah and the Tower of Babel, scenes from the Old Testament, part of the mosaic cycle on the walls of the central nave in the cathedral of Monreale Monreale Mosaic

Eve introduced to Adam in Paradise, the burning of Sodom, scenes from the Old Testament, part of the mosaic cycle on the walls of the central nave of the cathedral of Monreale Monreale Mosaic

Monument to Charles V, sculpted by Scipione di Volsci and Giacomo Cirasolo, and located in Piazza Bologni, Palermo, Sicily Palermo Piazza Bologni Commemorative Equestrian Monument Baroque

Bocchoris Egyptian vase, in the National Museum of Tarquinia, Tarquinia Tarquinia National Museum of Tarquinia Vase Twenty-fourth Dynasty, Third Intermediate Period, Egypt - Egyptian Art, Africa

Lombard miniature with the portrait of Matthias Corvinus, in the Guarnacci Museum Library in Volterra Volterra Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, Library Illumination Renaissance

Parchment, dated 1774, with license to carry weapons, in a private collection in Venice Venice. Date of Photograph:1920-1930 ca

Piazza del Grande Archivio with the fountain of Philip IV in Naples Naples Piazza del Grande Archivio Monumental Fountain Baroque, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

The calling of Zaccheus. Byzantine mosaic in St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Veneto Venice St. Mark's Basilica Mosaic Byzantine Art, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Palazzo Moro-Lin called Palazzo of the thirteen windows. It is a massive construction by the Tuscan Sebastiano Mazzoni for the painter Pietro Liberi

A cinerary urn found at Canosa di Puglia, near Bari, and now in the National Museum of Taranto Taranto National Museum Urn Classical, Greek Art, Greece, Europe, Ancient Civilization

The apse of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. Architectonical work by Carlo Rainaldi in Rome, in Lazio Rome Church Baroque, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Marble sculpted altar, Church of S. Niccol in Treviso. Treviso Church of S. Niccol Altar High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

The Holy Mass, illuminated page of the missal belonging to Amedeo VIII of Savoia, antipope named Felice V. Musei Reali Turin Musei Reali, Royal Palace, Royal Library Illumination Early Renaissance

Introit of the mass for the Nativity of the Lord, illuminated page of the missal belonging to Amedeo VIII of Savoy, antipope with name of Felice V

Library of the Royal Palace, Musei Reali, Turin Turin Musei Reali, Royal Palace Library Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

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