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Rochelle Fiction Festival Relation Nouveau jour Photocall

Bastien Bernini attends the Nouveau jour attends the Friendcast photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 19, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rochelle Fiction Festival Relation Nouveau jour Photocall

Bastien Bernini attends the Nouveau jour attends the Friendcast photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 19, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rochelle Fiction Festival Relation Nouveau jour Photocall

Bastien Bernini attends the Nouveau jour attends the Friendcast photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 19, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rochelle Fiction Festival Relation Nouveau jour Photocall

Bastien Bernini attends the Nouveau jour attends the Friendcast photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 19, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rochelle Fiction Festival Relation Nouveau jour Photocall

Bastien Bernini, Bruno Solo, Siham Falhoune, Aurelie Konate, Marion Ayme, Lois Schlieper, Justine Grave, Christophe Herault and Jean-Batiste Maunier attend the Nouveau jour attends the Friendcast photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 19, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rochelle Fiction Festival Relation Nouveau jour Photocall

Bastien Bernini, Bruno Solo, Siham Falhoune, Aurelie Konate, Marion Ayme, Lois Schlieper, Justine Grave, Christophe Herault and Jean-Batiste Maunier attend the Nouveau jour attends the Friendcast photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 19, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rochelle Fiction Festival Relation Nouveau jour Photocall

Bastien Bernini, Bruno Solo, Siham Falhoune, Aurelie Konate, Marion Ayme, Lois Schlieper, Justine Grave, Christophe Herault and Jean-Batiste Maunier attend the Nouveau jour attends the Friendcast photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 19, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rochelle Fiction Festival Relation Nouveau jour Photocall

Bastien Bernini attends the Nouveau jour attends the Friendcast photocall during the 27th La Rochelle Fiction Festival on September 19, 2025 in La Rochelle, France.Photo by David NIVIERE/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 27 : ST. PETER'S CHAIR. BERNINI HAS CREATED A LARGE BRONZE THRONE IN WHICH HE INSERTS THE PULPIT, PLACED HIGH ON FOUR SUPPORTS SUPPORTED BY MASSIVE BRONZE STATUES OF FOUR DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH, STS. AMBROISE AND AUGUSTINE, REPRESENTING THE LATIN CHURCH, ATHANASIUS AND JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, FOR THE GREEK CHURCH. BEHIND AND ABOVE THE CATHEDRA PETRI, A BURST OF LIGHT ENTERS THROUGH A YELLOW ALABASTER WINDOW, ILLUMINATING IN THE CENTER, THE DOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE PULPIT IS WELCOMED IN HIS NEW HOUSE BY A GREAT CELEBRATION ON JANUARY 16, 1666. ON THE LEFT, THE TRANSEPT AND THE BALDACHIN. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 26 : ST. PETER'S CHAIR. BERNINI HAS CREATED A LARGE BRONZE THRONE IN WHICH HE INSERTS THE PULPIT, PLACED HIGH ON FOUR SUPPORTS SUPPORTED BY MASSIVE BRONZE STATUES OF FOUR DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH, STS. AMBROISE AND AUGUSTINE, REPRESENTING THE LATIN CHURCH, ATHANASIUS AND JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, FOR THE GREEK CHURCH. BEHIND AND ABOVE THE CATHEDRA PETRI, A BURST OF LIGHT ENTERS THROUGH A YELLOW ALABASTER WINDOW, ILLUMINATING IN THE CENTER, THE DOVE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE PULPIT IS WELCOMED IN HIS NEW HOUSE BY A GREAT CELEBRATION ON JANUARY 16, 1666. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 20 : SOUTHWESTERN AMBULATORY. ON THE RIGHT, THE TOMB OF FABIO CHIGI, POPE ALEXANDER VII, DIRECTED BY BERNINI. CONSIDERED ONE OF THE LARGEST TOMBS OF THE BAROQUE PERIOD, IT OCCUPIES A DELICATE POSITION, BEING LOCATED IN A NICHE ABOVE A DOOR IN A SMALL SACRISTY, BUT BERNINI USED THE DOOR IN A SYMBOLIC WAY. POPE ALEXANDER KNEELS ON HIS TOMB, FACING OUTWARD. THE TOMB IS SET ON A LARGE SHROUD DRAPED IN PATTERNED RED MARBLE AND IS SUPPORTED BY FOUR FEMALE STATUES, OF WHICH ONLY THE TWO LOCATED AT THE FRONT ARE FULLY VISIBLE. THEY REPRESENT CHARITY AND TRUTH. THE FOOT OF TRUTH RESTS ON A GLOBE OF THE WORLD, ITS TOE BEING SYMBOLICALLY PIERCED BY THE THORN OF PROTESTANT ENGLAND. THE STATUE OF THE WINGED SKELETON OF DEATH, COMES OU Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO 16 : IN THE CENTER OF THE TRANSEPT, THE BALDAQUIN (WHICH OVERCOMES THE MAIN ALTAR), DIRECTED BY BERNINI. THIS 60-TON, 29-METER TALL GILT BRONZE PIECE IS CONSIDERED THE LARGEST BRONZE STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD. FOR ITS REALIZATION, BUT ALSO TO SINK THE ARTILLERY OF THE CASTEL SANT'ANGELO, POPE URBAN VIII HAD THE BRONZE TAK Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 14 : IN THE CENTER OF THE TRANSEPT, THE BALDACHIN, MADE IN 1624 BY BERNINI. CAST WITH BRONZE INITIALLY DECORATING THE PEDIMENT OF THE PANTHEON OF ROME, ITS HEIGHT IS 29 METERS. THE TWIST GIVEN BY THE ARTIST TO THE IMMENSE COLUMNS IS REPUTED TO RECALL THE VERY FORM OF THE COLUMN WHERE JESUS WAS BOUND BEFORE BEING CRUCIFIED. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 14 : IN THE CENTER OF THE TRANSEPT, THE BALDAQUIN (WHICH OVERCOMES THE HIGH ALTAR), DIRECTED BY BERNINI. THIS 60-TON, 29-METER TALL GILT BRONZE PIECE IS CONSIDERED THE LARGEST BRONZE STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD. FOR ITS REALIZATION, BUT ALSO TO SINK THE ARTILLERY OF THE CASTEL SANT'ANGELO, POPE URBAN VIII HAD THE BRONZE TAKEN FROM THE PORTICO OF THE PANTHEON OF ROME (1ST CENTURY BC). UNDER THE BALDACHIN, THE PAPAL HIGH ALTAR. SINCE 1594, A MARBLE BLOCK FROM ANCIENT ROME SERVES AS ALTAR TO THE BASILICA. A DOUBLE STAIRCASE DESCENDS TO THE CRYPT, BUILT EXACTLY IN LINE WITH THE TOMB OF ST. PETER, ADORNED WITH A MEDIEVAL MOSAIC OF CHRIST. A MEDIEVAL MOSAIC OF CHRIST. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - POINT PHOTO 14 : IN THE CENTER OF THE TRANSEPT, THE BALDAQUIN, WHICH SURMOUNTS THE HIGH ALTAR, DIRECTED BY BERNINI. THIS 60-TON, 29-METER TALL GILT BRONZE PIECE IS CONSIDERED THE LARGEST BRONZE STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD. AT THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE, CURVED PIECES SUPPORTING A CANOPY FALLING IN THE MANNER OF BROCADES. HERE, THE DRAPE OF THE CANOPY IS IN BRONZE, AND ALL THE DETAILS, INCLUDING THE OLIVE BRANCHES, THE BEES, AND THE PORTRAITS OF THE NIECE OF POPE URBAN AND HIS NEWBORN SON, ARE TAKEN FROM THE SHEET OF GOLD PAPER. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 14 : IN THE CENTER OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA, THE PAPAL ALTAR AND BALDACHIN, MADE IN 1624 BY BERNINI AND CONSIDERED THE LARGEST BRONZE STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD. CAST WITH THE METAL ORIGINALLY ADORNING THE PEDIMENT OF THE PANTHEON OF ROME, ITS HEIGHT IS 29 METERS. ABOVE, THE CUPOLA OF THE BASILICA BY MICHELANGELO IN 1547. WITH ITS DOUBLE CAP, THE INNER DIAMETER OF THE DOME MEASURES 42 METERS, ITS INNER HEIGHT IS 92 METERS AND ITS HEIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE CROSS IS 136 METERS. THIS DOME HAS SERVED AS A MODEL FOR OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE WORLD, SUCH AS THE DOME OF ST. PAUL IN LONDON (1675), THAT OF THE INVALIDES IN PARIS (1680-1691) AND THAT OF THE CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON (1794-1817). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 8 : GENERAL VIEW OF THE NAVE, THE LARGEST CHURCH IN CHRISTENDOM. IN THE MIDDLE, ALL ALONG THE NAVE, BRONZE MARKS ON THE MARBLE FLOOR INDICATE THE SIZE OF THE 14 LARGEST CHURCHES IN THE WORLD. THE STATUES IN THE NICHES REPRESENT 39 FOUNDERS OF RELIGIOUS ORDER. ON BACKGROUND, THE PAPAL ALTAR AND BERNINI CANOPY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 8: AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NAVE, THE CENTRAL DOOR OF FILARETE, IN BRONZE, RECOVERED ON THE OLD BASILICA. ON THE GROUND, A GEOMETRIC COLORED MARBLE CARPET, PROBABLY DESIGNED BY BERNINI. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - SAINT PETER'S SQUARE: NORTH BERNINI COLONNADE (284 COLUMNS, 88 PILLARS AND 140 STATUES OF SAINTS IN MARBLE), ON SAINT PETER'S SQUARE (DEPTH 320 M., DIAMETER 240 M.). ON SECOND GROUND LEFT, THE FOUNTAIN OF MADERNO. ON BACKGROUND LEFT, ST. PETER'S BASILICA (136 METERS HIGH), THE LOGGIAS OF BRAMANTE AND RAPHAEL, AND THE APOSTOLIC PALACE, WHICH HOUSES THE PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL APARTMENTS OF ALL POPES, EXCEPT FRANCIS, WHO LIVES IN ST. MARTHA'S RESIDENCE. TO THE LEFT OF THE LOGGIAS OF BRAMANTE AND RAPHAEL, THE GIANT MOSAIC OF THE VIRGIN AND THE CHILD. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN : AERIAL VIEW OF ST. PETER'S SQUARE (DEPTH 320 M., DIAMETER 240 M.) AT DAWN, SEEN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. ON CENTER, THE OBELISK OF NERO, ERECTED BY DOMENICO FONTANA, THE FOUNTAINS OF MADERNO (LEFT) AND BERNINI (RIGHT) AND THE COLONNADE OF BERNINI (284 COLUMNS, 88 PILLARS AND 140 STATUES OF SAINTS IN MARBLE). ON THE BACKGROUND RIGHT, VIA DELLA CONCILIAZIONE (LENGTH 480 M, WIDTH 50 M). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN : AERIAL VIEW OF ST. PETER'S SQUARE (DEPTH 320 M., DIAMETER 240 M.) SEEN FROM THE SOUTH-WEST. ON CENTER, THE OBELISK OF NERO, ERECTED BY DOMENICO FONTANA. ON SIDES, THE FOUNTAINS OF MADERNO (LEFT) AND BERNINI (RIGHT) AND THE COLONNADE OF BERNINI (284 COLUMNS, 88 PILLARS AND 140 STATUES OF SAINTS IN MARBLE). ON BACKGROUND, VIA DELLA CONCILIAZIONE (LENGTH 480 M., WIDTH 50 M). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN : AERIAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTH EAST. ON FOREGROUND, THE AUDIENCE HALL AND THE PALACE OF SAINT OFFICE. ION BACKGROUND, ST. PETER'S SQUARE (DEPTH 320 M., DIAMETER 240 M.), THE OBELISK OF NERO (ERECTED BY DOMENICO FONTANA), IN THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE, THE COLONNADE OF BERNINI (284 COLUMNS, 88 PILLARS AND 140 STATUES OF SAINTS IN MARBLE) THEN ST. PETER'S BASILICA, WHICH RISES TO 136 M. HEIGHT. ON BACKGROUND LEFT, THE SISTINE CHAPEL AND THE VATICAN MUSEUMS. ON BACKGROUND CENTER, THE APOSTOLIC PALACE, WHICH HOUSES THE PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL APARTMENTS OF ALL THE POPES, EXCEPT FRANCOIS WHO LIVES IN RESIDENCE SAINTE MARTHE. ON BACKGROUND RIGHT, THE DISTRICT OF PRATI. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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National Congress of Forza Italia Giovani - Rome

Anna Maria Bernini participates in the National Congress of Forza Italia Giovani at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Rome Italy, on May 31 2025. Photo by Matteo Nardone/Fotogramma/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Rome

The Fountain of the Four Rivers (Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi) in Piazza Navona, work by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, completed in 1651, under the pontificate of Pope Innocent X Pamphilj, on May 1, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Photo by Christophe Michel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - St. Peter s Basilica

The throne of Saint Peter in The Holy See, made by Gian Lorenzo Bernini between 1657 and 1666, on May 2, 2025 at the Vatican. Photo by Christophe Michel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Dome of Saint Peter's basilica and The Baldachin made by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Vatican, February 2020. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Saint Peter's square seen from the Dome of St.Peter's. In the background the city of Rome. This monumental elliptical space (240m wide), is the masterpiece of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Vatican, January 2019. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

The nave of Saint Peter's Basilica and the Baldachin made by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Vatican, June 6,2019. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Monument Cathedra Petri (or 'throne of St. Peter') in the apse of Saint Peter's basilica, Vatican on December 18, 2018. Gian Lorenzo Bernini created a large bronze throne in which a chair which was often claimed to have been used by the apostle St Peter, was housed, raised high on four looping supports held effortlessly by massive bronze statues of four Doctors of the Church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

The nave of Saint Peter's Basilica and the Baldachin made by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Vatican, June 6,2019. - Left: Holy water stoup. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

The nave of Saint Peter's Basilica and the Baldachin made by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Vatican, December 12, 2018. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guard in the 'Scala Regia' (Royal Staircase) at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on May 26, 2017. It is part of the formal entrance to the Vatican. It was built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in the early 16th century, to connect the Apostolic Palace to St. Peter's Basilica, and restored by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1663 to 1666. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Dome of Saint Peter's basilica and Statue of Saint Longinus holding the spear that pierced the side of Jesus, made by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Vatican. April 18, 2014. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

A Swiss Guard near 'The Vision of Constantine' an equestrian sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini located in the Scala Regia by St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on December 12, 2007. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guard in the 'Scala Regia' (Royal Staircase) at the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on February 18, 2012. It is part of the formal entrance to the Vatican. It was built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger in the early 16th century, to connect the Apostolic Palace to St. Peter's Basilica, and restored by Gian Lorenzo Bernini from 1663 to 1666. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Where Pope Francis Has Chosen to Be Buried

The grave of Gian Lorenzo Bernini near the altar of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (St Mary Major) in Rome, Italy on February 2025 where Pope Francis wants to be buried. Pope Francis said his tomb is ‘already prepared’ in the chapel Paolina of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Unlike the majority of popes who have been interred beneath St Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis has reportedly made arrangements to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome's Esquilino district. The basilica, one of the four major papal basilicas, has historically been the resting place of seven pope. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore - Rome

The grave of Gian Lorenzo Bernini near the altar of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (St Mary Major) in Rome, Italy on February 2025 where Pope Francis wants to be buried. Pope Francis said his tomb is ‘already prepared’ in the chapel Paolina of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Unlike the majority of popes who have been interred beneath St Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis has reportedly made arrangements to be buried at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome's Esquilino district. The basilica, one of the four major papal basilicas, has historically been the resting place of seven pope. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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