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181:Renaissance
135: /
45:Affiliation
1406:Categories
1321:Lake Garda
930:De pictura
720:References
691:0155037692
123:10°47′39″E
72:Leadership
1316:Lake Como
517:Correggio
476:Guastalla
470:, to the
397:, called
387:Ascension
280:pilasters
195:Completed
120:45°9′32″N
1271:Bellagio
1250:Lombardy
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411:the city
363:Interior
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303:coffered
243:Lombardy
88:Location
83:Location
39:Religion
1182:Related
1071:Chapels
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523:Burials
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420:In 804
401:("Most
203:Website
75:Bishop
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445:Leo IX
407:Christ
239:Mantua
169:Church
99:Mantua
949:Other
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902:Tombs
535:Notes
464:Paris
395:relic
247:Italy
226:is a
176:Style
103:Italy
752:OCLC
734:ISBN
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