Santa Maria del Popolo


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Chigi Chapel
The pietra dura in the floor covering the actural burial crypt, also known as "Devil's Hole", is probably by Bernini, with the figure of death holding the Chigi coat-of-arms. The epigraph reads Mors aD CaeLos, "Death to Heaven", and the capital letters spell out the date MDCL or 1650.

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