Arnolfo di Cambio
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Arnolfo di Cambio was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Duecento, who began as a lead assistant to Nicola Pisano. He is documented as being capomaestro or Head of Works for Florence Cathedral in 1300, and designed the sixth city wall around Florence (1284–1333).
Detail of the tomb of Riccardo Cardinal Annibaldi, at St. John Lateran. This was the first major work of Arnolfo in Rome.
Tomb of Pope Boniface VIII
Crib group, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
Santa Maria Maggiore
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The Basilica of Saint Mary Major, or church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is a Major papal basilica as well as one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and the largest Catholic Marian church in Rome, Italy.
Façade of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore facing the Piazza
The Blessed Virgin Mary overlooking Pope Liberius as the Pontiff scrapes the foundation of the basilica into the snow. By Italian artist Masolino da Panicale. circa 15th-century. Museo di Capodimonte.
The Piazza and Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, by Giovanni Paolo Panini
Piazza dell'Esquilino with the apse area of Santa Maria Maggiore