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Pope Paul III


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The Fall of the Berlin Wall


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Pope Leo the Great


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The Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran


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Saint Hripsime and Companions


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Santa Maria di Nardo Cathedral


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Circolo Di San Pietro


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Louis Braille


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