1The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
As the largest of the churches in Rome dedicated to the Virgin Mary, St. Mary Major is one of the city’s most important.
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Top 10 Most Famous Paintings of All Time
Painting is an ancient medium and even with the introduction of photography, film and digital technology, it still has remained a persistent mode of expression. So many paintings have been limned over dozens of millennia that only a relatively small percentage of them could be construed as "timeless classics" that have become familiar to the public—and not coincidentally produced by some of the most famous artists of all time. We, of course, have our opinion of what makes the grade and we present them here in our list of the best paintings of all time.
