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St. Peter’s Square with Irina
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St. Peter’s Square with IrinaGian Lorenzo Bernini

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Max’s mother Irina stands before the grand façade of St. Peter’s Basilica, with Bernini’s colonnades embracing the piazza and the Egyptian obelisk set in place in 1586. The vast square embodies Baroque ideals of spectacle and unity, centering Rome as the seat of Catholic faith.
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