Architecture

On the facade of the building, in the window recess of the presbytery, there is an 8-meter-high statue of the Virgin Mary and Child.

The cathedral has ten bells, or more precisely, on its towers.

In Celtic times, the seashore was 48 km from Mont Saint-Michel and Tombelaine.

In the 1930s, they were painted black to hide the effects of air pollution. The original colors were restored during conservation works in 2017-2021. The Victorian glass was also removed and replaced with a faithful reproduction made in Germany by glassmakers Glasfabrik Lamberts.

The building weighs more than 360 thousand tons.

Near the church of Trinita dei Monti, at the junction of two streets, stands the historic Zuccari Palace, built in 1592 by the mannerist painter Federico Zuccari.

The first emperor of the Qing Dynasty became the six-year-old Shunzhi in 1644. The new ruling dynasty rebuilt the city destroyed by the Manchu invasion.

The collections of the Palace Museum are based on the imperial collection of the Qing Dynasty. They include paintings, ceramics, seals, steles, sculptures, inscribed ware, bronze ware, enamel ware, etc.

At the foot of the Spanish Steps begins the Via Condotti - it is named after the canal or canals that carried water to the Baths of Agrippa.

Its cost is estimated at $4.5 million in 1962 (over $44 million today).