Chapel of Sixtus V
The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major
The chapel was built destroying various pre-existing chapels and altars, while incorporating, under the altar, the Oratory of the Presepe with the relics of the manger of Bethlehem. In the chapel are the funeral monuments of Sixtus V and Pius V, while the paintings are by Nebbia, Guerra, Lilio and others. The polychromatic marble and the columns belonged to the Septizodium, a multi-level nymphaeum on the Palantine.
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