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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass by the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Celebration Of San Lucas Fair - Spain

The herd of wild horses and riders pass in front of the Cathedral of Mondoñedo, during the fair of As San Lucas, October 17, 2025, in Mondoñedo, Lugo (Galicia). This is the oldest fair in Europe after 869 years of celebration, when King Alfonso VII in 1156 granted the town the status of city and authorized the celebration of a fair there. Photo by Carlos Castro / Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Immobilier

FRANCE. PARIS (75) DES IMMEUBLES DE STYLE HAUSSMANNIENS DANS LE SQUARE EDOUARD VII Photo by Bruno De Hogues/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY. ROME. VATICAN: AERIAL VIEW OF THE FACADE OF SAINT PETER'S BASILICA (136 M HIGH) AT SUNRISE, SEEN FROM THE EAST. THE FACADE, WHICH MEASURES 115 M. WIDE AND 45 M. TALL, IS THE WORK OF CARLO MADERNO. IN THE FOREGROUND, STATUES OF JESUS CHRIST (IN THE CENTER, HEIGHT, 5.70 M.) AND THE APOSTLES. IN THE LOWER CENTER, THE INSCRIPTION OF THE PEDIMENT: "IN HONOREM PRINCIPIS APOST PAVLVS V BVRGHESIVS ROMANVS PONT MAX AN MDCXII PONT VII". IN ENGLISH: IN HONOR OF THE PRINCE OF THE APOSTLES, PAUL V BORGHESE, GREAT ROMAN PONTIFF, THE YEAR 1612, 7TH YEAR OF HIS PONTIFICATE. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE GARDENS, THE VATICAN RADIO TOWER AND THE SISTINE CHAPEL (RIGHT). 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 : AERIAL VIEW OF THE FACADE OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA (136 M HIGH), SEEN FROM THE EAST. THE FACADE, WHICH MEASURES 115 M. WIDTH AND 45 M. OF HEIGHT, IS THE WORK OF CARLO MADERNO. IN THE FOREGROUND, STATUES OF JESUS CHRIST (CENTER, HEIGHT, 5.70 M.) AND THE APOSTLES. IN THE LOWER CENTER, THE INSCRIPTION OF THE PEDIMENT: "IN HONOREM PRINCIPIS APOST PAVLVS V BVRGHESIVS ROMANVS PONT MAX AN MDCXII PONT VII". IN ENGLISH: "IN HONOR OF THE PRINCE OF THE APOTRES, PAUL V BORGHESE, GREAT ROMAN PONTIFF, THE YEAR 1612, 7TH YEAR OF HIS PONTIFICATE". ON BACKGROUND FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, THE GARDENS, THE VATICAN RADIO TOWER AND THE SISTINE CHAPEL. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN : AERIAL VIEW OF THE TOP OF THE FACADE OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA AT SUNRISE. FROM 115 M. WIDTH AND 45 M. HIGH, IT IS THE WORK OF CARLO MADERNO. ON FOREGROUND, STATUES OF JESUS CHRIST (CENTER, HEIGHT, 5.70 M.) AND THE APOSTLES. IN CENTER, THE INSCRIPTION OF THE PEDIMENT: "IN HONOREM PRINCIPIS APOST PAVLVS V BVRGHESIVS ROMANVS PONT MAX AN MDCXII PONT VII". IN ENGLISH : "IN HONOR OF THE PRINCE OF THE APOSTLES, PAUL V BORGHESE, GREAT ROMAN PONTIFF, THE YEAR 1612, 7TH YEAR OF HIS PONTIFICATE". Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN : AERIAL VIEW OF THE FACADE OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA (136 M HIGH) AT SUNRISE, SEEN FROM THE EAST. THE FACADE, WHICH MEASURES 115 M. WIDTH AND 45 M. OF HEIGHT, IS THE WORK OF CARLO MADERNO. IN THE FOREGROUND, STATUES OF JESUS CHRIST (CENTER, HEIGHT, 5.70 M.) AND THE APOSTLES. IN THE LOWER CENTER, THE INSCRIPTION OF THE PEDIMENT: "IN HONOREM PRINCIPIS APOST PAVLVS V BVRGHESIVS ROMANVS PONT MAX AN MDCXII PONT VII". IN ENGLISH : "IN HONOR OF THE PRINCE OF THE APOTRES, PAUL V BORGHESE, GREAT ROMAN PONTIFF, THE YEAR 1612, 7TH YEAR OF HIS PONTIFICATE". ON BACKGROUND, THE GARDENS AND THE VATICAN RADIO TOWER. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Bourges

FRANCE. CHER (18). BOURGES 2028. EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE. STATUE OF JACQUES COEUR (1400-1456), SHIPOWNER AND TREASURER TO KING CHARLES VII, IN FRONT OF HIS PALACE. Photo by Bernard Jaubert/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Bourges

FRANCE. CHER (18). BOURGES 2028. EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE. PALAIS JACQUES COEUR. INTERIOR DECORATION OF THE CHAPEL OF THE PALACE BUILT IN THE 15TH CENTURY IN THE FLAMBOYANT GOTHIC STYLE BY THE ARCHITECTS PIERRE JOBERT AND JACQUELIN COLLET FOR THE SHIPOWNER AND TREASURER OF KING CHARLES VII, JACQUES COEUR (1400-1456). Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Bourges

FRANCE. CHER (18). BOURGES 2028. EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE. STATUE OF JACQUES COEUR (1400-1456), SHIPOWNER AND TREASURER TO KING CHARLES VII, IN FRONT OF HIS PALACE. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Bordeaux

FRANCE. GIRONDE (33). BORDEAUX. INTERIOR OF THE SAINT-ANDRE CATHEDRAL, LOCATED ON PLACE PEY-BERLAND, CONSECRATED ON MAY 1, 1096 BY POPE URBAIN II. REBUILT IN THE GOTHIC STYLE, IT CELEBRATED THE WEDDINGS, IN 1137, OF ALIENOR D'AQUITAINE AND LOUIS VII, AND IN 1615 OF ANNE OF AUSTRIA, INFANTA OF SPAIN, AND LOUIS XIII, KING OF FRANCE. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. SEINE-SAINT-DENIS (93) MONTREUIL. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - ATELIER GALLI: RESTORATION OF LITURGICAL VESTMENTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE TREASURY, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY NAPOLEON 1ST, NAPOLEON III, CHARLES X AND LOUIS PHILIPPE. AS WELL AS A FRAGMENT OF THE CAPE WORN BY NAPOLEON 1ST ON THE DAY OF HIS CORONATION IN 1804 AND THE VESTMENT WORN BY POPE POPE VII ON THE SAME DAY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. SEINE-SAINT-DENIS (93) MONTREUIL. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - ATELIER GALLI: RESTORATION OF LITURGICAL VESTMENTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE TREASURY, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY NAPOLEON 1ST, NAPOLEON III, CHARLES X AND LOUIS PHILIPPE. AS WELL AS A FRAGMENT OF THE CAPE WORN BY NAPOLEON 1ST ON THE DAY OF HIS CORONATION IN 1804 AND THE VESTMENT WORN BY POPE POPE VII ON THE SAME DAY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. SEINE-SAINT-DENIS (93) MONTREUIL. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - ATELIER GALLI: RESTORATION OF LITURGICAL VESTMENTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE TREASURY, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY NAPOLEON 1ST, NAPOLEON III, CHARLES X AND LOUIS PHILIPPE. AS WELL AS A FRAGMENT OF THE CAPE WORN BY NAPOLEON 1ST ON THE DAY OF HIS CORONATION IN 1804 AND THE VESTMENT WORN BY POPE POPE VII ON THE SAME DAY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. SEINE-SAINT-DENIS (93) MONTREUIL. NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - ATELIER GALLI: RESTORATION OF LITURGICAL VESTMENTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE TREASURY, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY NAPOLEON 1ST, NAPOLEON III, CHARLES X AND LOUIS PHILIPPE. AS WELL AS A FRAGMENT OF THE CAPE WORN BY NAPOLEON 1ST ON THE DAY OF HIS CORONATION IN 1804 AND THE VESTMENT WORN BY POPE POPE VII ON THE SAME DAY. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. MARNE (51) REIMS, GENERAL VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL FROM THE WEST. IT IS HERE THAT CHARLES VII WAS CROWNED KING OF FRANCE IN THE PRESENCE OF JOAN OF ARC ON JULY 17, 1429 Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - St. Peter s Basilica

Funerary monument of Pope Alexander VII in St. Peter's Basilica, on May 2, 2025 at the Vatican. Photo by Christophe Michel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

The Vatican's Swiss Guards swore in 32 new recruits on May 6, 2009. The new recruits joined their ranks in an elaborate swearing-in ceremony in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. The ceremony is held each May 6 to commemorate the 147 Swiss Guards who died protecting Pope Clement VII during the 1527 Sack of Rome. Then each new recruit grasped the corps' flag and, raising three fingers in a symbol of the Holy Trinity, swore to uphold the Swiss Guard oath to protect Benedict XVI and his successors. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

The Vatican's Swiss Guards swore in 32 new recruits on May 6, 2015 at the Vatican. The new recruits joined their ranks in an elaborate swearing-in ceremony . The ceremony is held each May 6 to commemorate the 147 Swiss Guards who died protecting Pope Clement VII during the 1527 Sack of Rome. Then each new recruit grasped the corps' flag and, raising three fingers in a symbol of the Holy Trinity, swore to uphold the Swiss Guard oath to protect pope Francis and his successors. The Swiss Guard, founded in 1506, consists of 100 volunteers who must be Swiss nationals, Catholic, single, at least 174 cm (5 feet 8 inches) tall and beardless. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

New recruit of the Swiss Guards before the swearing-in ceremony on May 6, 2005 at the Vatican. The ceremony is held each May 6 to commemorate the 147 Swiss Guards who died protecting Pope Clement VII during the 1527 Sack of Rome. The pompous title 'defenders of the freedom of the Church' qualifies the Swiss Guards, of which there are one hundred. These soldiers are not nearly as picturesque as their uniforms, which are said to have been designed by either Raphael or Michaelangelo, but whose design was actually produced at the turn of the last century. It is not a simple procedure to become a member of the Guard, which is one of the world's oldest military factions. One must have Swiss nationality, be of the Catholic faith, measure over 1.74 meters in height, and be less than 25 years of age when signing on for the first time. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

New recruit of the Swiss Guards before the swearing-in ceremony on May 6, 2015 at the Vatican. The ceremony is held each May 6 to commemorate the 147 Swiss Guards who died protecting Pope Clement VII during the 1527 Sack of Rome. The pompous title 'defenders of the freedom of the Church' qualifies the Swiss Guards, of which there are one hundred. These soldiers are not nearly as picturesque as their uniforms, which are said to have been designed by either Raphael or Michaelangelo, but whose design was actually produced at the turn of the last century. It is not a simple procedure to become a member of the Guard, which is one of the world's oldest military factions. One must have Swiss nationality, be of the Catholic faith, measure over 1.74 meters in height, and be less than 25 years of age when signing on for the first time. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

The Vatican's Swiss Guards swore in 32 new recruits on May 6, 2009. The new recruits joined their ranks in an elaborate swearing-in ceremony in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. The ceremony is held each May 6 to commemorate the 147 Swiss Guards who died protecting Pope Clement VII during the 1527 Sack of Rome. Then each new recruit grasped the corps' flag and, raising three fingers in a symbol of the Holy Trinity, swore to uphold the Swiss Guard oath to protect Benedict XVI and his successors. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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State Visit to Italy of The Spanish Royals - Rome

The King and Queen look at friezes recovered from the archives depicting the triumphal procession of Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor by Clement VII, at Palazzo Madama, December 11, 2024, in Rome (Italy). Photo by Casa de S.M. el Rey/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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State Visit to Italy of The Spanish Royals - Rome

The King and Queen look at friezes recovered from the archives depicting the triumphal procession of Charles V as Holy Roman Emperor by Clement VII, at Palazzo Madama, December 11, 2024, in Rome (Italy). Photo by Casa de S.M. el Rey/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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