Santa Maria Maggiore


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Cappella Paolina
The statue of the pope in a round-headed niche with a molded archivolt in yellow Siena marble. This is flanked by four Corinthian columns in a pale green brecciated marble, which are on high plinths and which support an entablature with an alabaster frieze. There are marble reliefs around the statue depicting important political events in the pope's reign.