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ITALY, Lazio, Rome, Vatican City The Dome of St Peter's designed by Michelangelo above the gilded bronze canopy of the Baldacchino by Bernini with his Throne of St Peter in Glory beyond.

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ITALY, Rome, Lazio, The 2nd Century BC drain cover Bocca della Verite or Mouth of Truth mounted ona wall at the Church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. A female hand is pulled away from the mouth where tradition has it the jaws will close over the hands of those who tell a lie.

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ITALY, Rome, Lazio, The Boca Della Verite or Mouth of Truth at the church of Santa Maria In Cosmedin. Possibly a 4th Century drain cover it is set into the wall of the portico and Medieval tradition had it that the mouth would close over the hand of those that told a lie.

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