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Rome. Italy. View inside the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore of the Cappella Sistine built to house the tomb of Pope Sixtus V. Located in the right wing of the Basilica transept; the chapel has a Greek cross plan and in its centre is the sacramental altar, with a gilded bronze tabernacle in the shape of a small temple, supported by four gold leafed bronze life size angles. The chapel is the last resting place of Pope Pius V. The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is one of the seven pilgrimage churches and the largest and most important shrine to the Virgin Mary in Rome. The church was founded in the 5th century during the time of Pope Sixtus III around the foundations of a smaller church and has various enlargements additions and embellishments made to the building over the centuries.

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Rome. Italy. View inside the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore of the Cappella Sistine built to house the tomb of Pope Sixtus V. Located in the right wing of the Basilica transept; the chapel has a Greek cross plan and in its centre is the sacramental altar, with a gilded bronze tabernacle in the shape of a small temple, supported by four gold leafed bronze life size angles. The chapel is the last resting place of Pope Pius V. The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore is one of the seven pilgrimage churches and the largest and most important shrine to the Virgin Mary in Rome. The church was founded in the 5th century during the time of Pope Sixtus III around the foundations of a smaller church and has various enlargements additions and embellishments made to the building over the centuries.

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