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Sculpture of Charlemagne - Abbey of Saint John at Müstair
Sculpture of Charlemagne (Holy Roman Emperor r. 800-814 CE) in the Abbey of Saint John at Müstair, Switzerland. The Abbey, which began life as a monastery, is located in Switzerland's Graubünden Canton and was constructed in the late 8th...
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Saint-Just and Robespierre at the Hôtel de Ville, on the night of 9 Thermidor Year II
Maximilien Robespierre, Louis Antoine Saint-Just, Georges Couthon, and their allies take shelter at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris on the night of 9-10 Thermidor Year II (27-28 July 1794), where they plot an insurrection against the National...
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Ceiling of Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome
The ceiling of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. The cathedral was completed between 1506 and 1626 CE.
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Saint Augustine in His Cell
Saint Augustine in His Cell by Sandro Botticelli, 1490-1494 CE.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
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Ivory Pyxis Depicting Saint Menas
This ivory pyxis (round box) shows the saint Menas with camels. His shrine near Alexandria in Egypt was a popular pilgrim site in the Byzantine Empire. Menas, an Egyptian soldier, was executed by Emperor Diocletian (reigned 284-305 CE) for...
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Triumvirate of Saint-Just, Robespierre, and Couthon
The Triumvirate of the Terror: Louis Antoine Saint-Just (left), Maximilien Robespierre (center), Georges Couthon (right). Unknown author, 1794.
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Maderno's Nave, Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome
An interior view of Maderno's Nave, part of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. Although construction of the cathedral began in 1507 CE, the nave was constructed in 1614 CE at the direction of Carlo Maderno (1556–1629 CE).
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Bust of Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just
Bust of Louis Antoine de Saint-Just by French sculptor David d'Angers, 1848.
David d'Angers Gallery, Angers, France.
Photo credits to Wikipedia user Selbymay, 2011.
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Bombard Canons, Mont-Saint-Michel
Two English bombard canons at Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy. The canons were abandoned by Thomas Scalles in 1434 CE during the Hundred Years' War (1332-1453 CE) between England and France
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Saint Columbanus
Saint Columbanus (543-615 CE), one of the greatest missionaries of the early Catholic Church, here depicted in a stained glass window from Bobbio Abbey, Italy, which he founded.