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Memorial in St. Peter's
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777:Borgo Nuovo
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270:Plantagenet
101:IACOBO·III
86:Description
74:The marble
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937:Sala Regia
687:Properties
307:2024-03-09
284:References
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159:cenotaph
146:Tomb of
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