Italy 2024

Many of these sacred images were put in place to protect the houses they are attached to as well as the roads they watch over.

Basilica of Sant'Andrea della Valle

Sant'Agnese in Agone

Saint Peter in Chains Relic at San Pietro in Vincoli. These chains, revered as sacred relics, are believed to be from Peter's incarcerations in Jerusalem and Rome.

San Pietro in Vincoli, a basilica in Rome, is home to Michelangelo's renowned statue of Moses, originally part of Pope Julius II’s tomb commissioned in 1505. Although the grand project was scaled down, the statue remains a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture.